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AUGUST FERREL BOLT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – July 1, 1968
Service recordAugust Ferrel Bolt, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 26
- PETER JASON ANGLECorporal · July 1, 1968
- JAMES GERALD BELINSKIPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- GEDDES CHARLES BOYTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 1, 1968
- NICHOLAS JAY BUFFINCorporal · July 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES DICKINSONMajor · Panel 54W, Line 28
- FRED V JURADOSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 30
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.