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CARL EUGENE BOLDEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1947 – December 30, 1966
Service recordCarl Eugene Bolden, of Gonzales, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 30, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Gonzales, Texas (Gonzales County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 102
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JOHN GILBERT LARSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- RICHARD HOMER LOWERYMajor · December 30, 1966
- ERIC C MAGNUSON JRSpecialist Four · December 30, 1966
From Gonzales
- JIMMIE TUCHCorporal · November 14, 1966
- LOUIS L SCHAUTTEET JRLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID RAY TOMASSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · April 24, 1971
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.