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BOYCE RAY DICK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordBoyce Ray Dick, of Monticello, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Monticello, Kentucky (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE WALTER DAVISSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- MARCO OSCAR DELCASTILLOSergeant · May 9, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTIAN DOUGHERTYFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- RENDLE DULENPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PRESTON LEE HOWELLSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- EVERETT SORRELL JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- CHARLES ALLISON LOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 30
- WALTER JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Monticello
- BILLY REX FOSTERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- PHILIP BRUCE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
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.