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BOYD LEROY SHOOK
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 10, 1952 – July 28, 1970
Service recordBoyd Leroy Shook, of Jobstown, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 63
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 10, 1952
- Home of record
- Jobstown, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 63
- ALAN KEITH BARTONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- DICKIE CARSON CURRYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- OTIS CLEVELAND MORGANMajor · July 28, 1970
- JOSE MANUEL PEREZSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE TAYLORSergeant · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW LAMAR HILLStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 62
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.