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ROBERT NORMAN BOLLMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – August 18, 1970
Service recordRobert Norman Bollman, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 121
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 121
- MERLYN LEE WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1970
- JAMES WATSON WOODCaptain · August 17, 1970
- RALPH NELSON DUEMLINGFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1970
- THOMAS LAVON GUNDERSONSpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE HENRY MEYERSSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 122
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.