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ROBERT JAMES BOHMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1946 – May 23, 1967
Service recordRobert James Bohmer, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 89
- RALPH W BLACKERBYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL FARLEYSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD EARL KELSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 91
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.