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CARL WILHELM BORCHERS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 5, 1942 – June 6, 1971
Service recordCarl Wilhelm Borchers, of Grayling, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 68
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Surveillance Aircraft (101D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Grayling, Michigan (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 68
- HAROLD EDWARD BARNARDSergeant · June 6, 1971
- MARTIN EDWIN LOVINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 6, 1971
- MICHAEL RAY STREETSpecialist Four · June 6, 1971
- BERNARD BARNESPrivate · June 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN EDWIN LOVINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 68
From Grayling
- JAMES EVART BLAAUWSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE FAIRBOTHAMSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES HATFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN RUSSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1970
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.