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WILLIAM JOSEPH BODZICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1945 – December 2, 1966
Service recordWilliam Joseph Bodzick, of Petoskey, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1966, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Petoskey, Michigan (Emmet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 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 13E, Line 2
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE WARDPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- JOHNNIE WAYNE CARDWELLPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEE JOSEPH BOUDREAUX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 3
- DONALD HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13E, Line 5
From Petoskey
- GEORGE S PHENNEYStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1967
- DOUGLAS HOWARD TANNERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1970
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.