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CLAIRE RONALD ALAN BOIS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 7, 1938 – August 25, 1967
Service recordClaire Ronald Alan Bois, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 25, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAP 61 NAS CUBI POINT
- Born
- December 7, 1938
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAP 61 NAS CUBI POINT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 41
- DAVID FLOYD ABLEStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1967
- PERCY BEASLEY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- DENZIL MASON CARDER JRPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JAMES JACOBS JRCommander · Panel 25E, Line 42
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 25E, Line 45
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.