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ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1946 – November 30, 1970
Service recordRobert Arthur Bojanek, of Kenmore, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Laboratory Specialist (92B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Kenmore, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 97
- ROBERT EARL YOUNGPetty Officer Second Class · November 29, 1970
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · November 30, 1970
- DOUGLAS STEPHEN BRIDGERSPrivate First Class · November 30, 1970
- CHARLES ROBERT COILEYPrivate First Class · November 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS STEPHEN BRIDGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DONALD LEWIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 98
- BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JRCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 99
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 100
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 100
From Kenmore
- KENNETH WILLIAM ORTON JRSergeant · April 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS CATALANOPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
- ROGER EDWARD KELLYLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- HARRY JAY KORDASIEWICZPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM EIDMAN WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS F FLANIGAN IICaptain · September 15, 1968
- RONALD SHAFER PIERCEPrivate · May 7, 1969
- JOHN LAWRENCE WARDStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
- JOHN GEORGE PAGEPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.