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SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 7, 1949 – June 6, 1969
Service recordSamuel Garold Bosenbark, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 83
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- NORMAN DALE BROWNSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- WILLIAM LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 83
- GARY ALLEN JONESSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- JAMES FREDERICK PUARIEASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SHARPSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 92
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 93
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 94
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 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.