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THEODORE NICHOLAS BOLAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1946 – July 27, 1968
Service recordTheodore Nicholas Bolak, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 17
- WILLIAM ALBERT ATWELLLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH AUCOINPetty Officer Third Class · July 27, 1968
- DURWOOD CAULDERLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- FRANK EUGENE FULLERTONCommander · July 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE DILLARDCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 18
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.