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ROBERT RUSSELL BODE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1925 – July 6, 1966
Service recordRobert Russell Bode, of Ewa, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 134
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1925
- Home of record
- Ewa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 134
- WILLIAM HERBERT MAYHAIRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILLStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISCorporal · July 6, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 2
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 2
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 3
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 3
From Ewa
- ROGER ROGELIO PANGANSergeant · July 21, 1969
- PEPITO RIVERA ACERETSpecialist Five · December 7, 1969
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.