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RONALD HENRY BOZIKIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – October 25, 1969
Service recordRonald Henry Bozikis, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1969, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 116
- BENJAMIN F BENNETT JRPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- LEE FULTON CLICKNERFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CRIBBSSergeant · October 25, 1969
- THOMAS THERON FLETCHERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH VINCENT WHELANCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 115
- CHARLES EDGAR SHULTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 118
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.