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BOYD LEE WHITTED
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1929 – August 15, 1969
Service recordBoyd Lee Whitted, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 48
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Comm/Nav Systems Tech, Kc-130 (6316)
- Born
- July 7, 1929
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 48
- WILLIAM HAROLD SOMERVILLECorporal · August 15, 1969
- JAMES LARRY SPRINKLECorporal · August 15, 1969
- TOMMY JOE BERRIERLance Corporal · August 16, 1969
- WILLIAM KENDALL BLACKBURNSergeant · August 16, 1969
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.