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WILLIE BOZIER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – July 9, 1970
Service recordWillie Bozier JR, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 1
- DONALD BRUCE THOMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 8, 1970
- JOHN LANIER WADSWORTHCaptain · July 8, 1970
- WALTER LEWIS WALKERSergeant First Class · July 8, 1970
- HERBERT DONALD BEMBOOMSergeant · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE SINGLETON JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 5
- LE ROY EDMUND THELENSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 5
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.