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ROBERT JOHN BOKINA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1935 – July 25, 1966
Service recordRobert John Bokina, of Huntington Station, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Supply Specialist (76E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 504 QM BN 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- June 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Huntington Station, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 73
- GARY NOLAN BASSLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- EVERETT AUSTIN CURRENCEPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRIS DYVIG JRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
From Huntington Station
- KENNETH DYKESeaman · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM PETER NOGIEWICHSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- RICHARD CARBONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- GARY CHARLES SALANITROWarrant Officer 1 · June 18, 1969
- DOMINICK LAWRENCE CUCCIAFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 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.