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ROBERT LEE BODINE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1943 – March 16, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Bodine, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapons Support Radar Repairer (26B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 66
- DENNIS ROBERT CARRFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1968
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN COCHRANFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1968
- DOUGLAS RUDOLPH COOKEPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT ANDREW BALLANCECorporal · Panel 44E, Line 65
- CHRISTOPHER HIAWATHA BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 65
- DENNIS ROBERT CARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 66
- BOGARD LAFAYETTE FLOYDStaff Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 1
- GARY PATRICK HADLEYSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 1
- YOUNG DAVID OGLETREESergeant · Panel 45E, Line 2
- BRUCE WAYNE LOISELLEPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 3
- JAY DARRELL MCMURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 4
- THOMAS WILLIAM SCOTTCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 5
- HENRY JOSEPH SERVENT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 5
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.