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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Alphonse Bolduc.

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DANIEL ALPHONSE BOLDUC

Corporal · U.S. Army

February 3, 1946 – July 29, 1969

Service record

Daniel Alphonse Bolduc served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 69

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
February 3, 1946

Casualty

Date of death
July 29, 1969
Age
23
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 20W, Line 69

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.