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TIMOTHY ROY BODDEN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1942 – June 3, 1967
Service recordTimothy Roy Bodden, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on June 3, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Communication./Navigation Systems Technician (6612)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 165 MAG 1 MAW
- Born
- November 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 3, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 42
- BILLY RAY BOYDHospitalman · June 3, 1967
- ARTHUR MALCOLM BYRDLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- AVERY LEE COOPERLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JIMMY RAY CROOKPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 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.