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CHARLES L BOLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1944 – October 16, 1966
Service recordCharles L Boling, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 79
- DANNY CARL WHITEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- ROY BILLY CANADYPrivate First Class · October 16, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · May 13, 1968
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.