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BENJAMIN FOREST BOLDING
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1948 – February 15, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Forest Bolding, of Moore, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Moore, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 36
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD BOHNSACKLieutenant Colonel · February 15, 1969
- CHARLES BOYDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- EDWARD ERLIN COX JRSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
From Moore
- ROBERT LEON HARVEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- JAMES RONALD SMITHSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- CARL EUGENE WHEELERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
- ALFRED FRANK POSPISILSpecialist Four · August 7, 1971
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.