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BORIS FRANZ M BORENSTEIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1948 – November 25, 1967
Service recordBoris Franz M Borenstein, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 83
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
- Ground Radio Repairer (2841)
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 83
- GEORGE ROJAS YCOCOSeaman · November 24, 1967
- LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMSColonel · November 25, 1967
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.