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ROBERT BOZO KOSTICH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1948 – November 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Bozo Kostich JR, of Oceanside, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 1
- DENNIS ANTHONY GREELEYPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
- DANIEL THOMAS HUNTSergeant · November 28, 1969
- MARSHALL PERNELL IVEYMaster Sergeant · November 28, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD KIENERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
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.