SSG Ronald H. Bozikis - St, Louis, MO - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of memorial: St. Louis Independent City
Location of memorial: Chestnut St., Soldiers Memorial Museum, E section, St. Louis
Erected by: Missouri State Historical Society

Marker Text:

SSG RONALD H. BOZIKIS
Staff Sergeant Ronald Henry Bozikis was a standout athlete at Cleveland High School in St. Louis, earning a football scholarship to Kansas State University in 1966. After his freshman year, Bozikis decided to serve his country in Vietnam and enlisted in the US Army. A member of the Green Berets, he served for 13 months before being killed on October 25, 1969 -- 10 days before he was due to return home..

Though his family was told he died in Vietnam, he actually died in a covert mission in Laos. It was not until 1972 that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other news sources published military reports confirming that Americans were fighting outside the borders of Vietnam.

---

SSG RONALD H. BOZIKIS'S
SILVER STAR MEDAL, 1970

This Silver Star Medal was posthumously to US Army Staff Sergeant Bozikis for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with and armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam on October25, 1969 while serving with the Army's 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne).

Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link] List if there are any visiting hours: 8am to 4pm Entrance fees (if it applies): None Type of memorial: Plaque

Visit Instructions:

*(1.)* Please submit a photo(s) taken by you of your visit to the location (non-copyrighted photos only). GPS photos are also accepted with the location in the background, and old vacation photos are accepted. If you are not able to provide a photo, then please describe your visit or give a story about the visit.
*(2.)* If you have additional information about the memorial which is not listed in the waymark description, please notify the waymark owner to have it added, and please post the information in your visit log.

Recent Visits/Logs:

There are no logs for this waymark yet.