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ALAN RANSOM BOONE
Captain · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – October 19, 1971
Service recordAlan Ransom Boone, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 43
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Composite Aviation Unit Commander (1987)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1971; four of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 43
- RICHARD HENRY DEFERMajor · October 18, 1971
- WESLEY STEWART SHELTONSpecialist Four · October 18, 1971
- RICKY MICHAEL ARIENSSergeant · October 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL WHITEMAN IICaptain · Panel 2W, Line 42
- RICKY MICHAEL ARIENSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 43
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 44
- MARSHALL WAYNE WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 44
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.