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BRUCE E BOYER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1938 – June 2, 1967
Service recordBruce E Boyer, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 31
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 27, 1938
- Home of record
- North Kingstown, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 31
- DANIEL LEWIS CARRIERCaptain · January 5, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- IGNACIO BARELALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
From North Kingstown
- ROBERT GENE BURLINGHAMCaptain · October 6, 1967
- THOMAS JOEL SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 25, 1968
- MAX ARDEN JOHNSONCorporal · March 20, 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.