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PETER ROBERT BOSSMAN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 3, 1944 – September 25, 1966
Service recordPeter Robert Bossman, of West Seneca, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 25, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 12
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SQ 363 MAG 13 1 MAN FMFPAC
- Born
- December 3, 1944
- Home of record
- West Seneca, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 12
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
From West Seneca
- WAYNE DOUGLAS KARNLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BIALKOWSKIConstructionman · June 24, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD ROZELLLance Corporal · January 31, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.