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DANNY ARNOLD BOLIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1946 – April 18, 1966
Service recordDanny Arnold Bolin, of Roseville, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Towed Artillery Systems Technician (2131)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 11 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Roseville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 April 18, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 11 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 121
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM ENGELLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- RALPH RICHARD LIND JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DWAIN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 120
From Roseville
- CARL WILSON DRAKEMajor · June 18, 1970
- JOSEPH RAY PIETRZAKSergeant · February 10, 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.