Michael Anthony Bodamer

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13 May 2007 Mike, You are not forgotten. From friends in school and neighbors, Bob and Kathy bobandkathy43@charter.net

16 Sep 2007 I knew "Doc" Bodamer when we were stationed together in an artillery unit on Hill 55 outside Da Nang. Mike was our Battery Corpsman - "A" Battery, 1st Battalion, 13th Marines. Mike was one the finest young man I ever met. After Mike transferred from A 1/13 to 3rd Force Recon, our Battery moved from Hill 55 to Khe Sanh. We convoyed to Hue/Phu Bai and then went by C-130 to Khe Sanh. While I was in Hue, I found 3rd Force Recon and met up with Mike. He was as happy as I had ever seen him. He liked the unit and was a dedicated, professional Corpsman. More importantly, he was the type of person you meet rarely and was just a fine man. After leaving the Marine Corps, I became a Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration. One day I was talking to a San Diego police officer who was a former Marine. As we talked about our service in Vietnam, I mentioned the fact I worked with a really great person who was a Corpsman. The police officer said he worked with an even finer Corpsman - and we soon realized we were both talking about Mike Bodamer. The officer brought in a photo of Mike that he had taken when they were both in Force Recon. I don't ever want to forget Mike Bodamer and I never will. From a friend. E-Mail will be forwarded by the Webmaster@VirtualWall.org

A Note from The Virtual Wall Petty Officer Bodamer was killed during a patrol 4 kilometers northwest of Cam Lo, when the patrol engaged a 15-man NVA force. The NVA lost four men killed in the exchange of fires, while three other Marines were wounded. "You guys are the Marine's doctors - There's none better in the business than a Navy Corpsman ..." -- Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller -- Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is friends in school and neighbors, Bob and Kathy bobandkathy43@charter.net

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 13 May 2007
Last updated 06/07/2008