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DAVID JOSEPH BORON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
December 25, 1946 – May 12, 1969
Service recordDavid Joseph Boron, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 12, 1969, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 62
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 62
- CURTIS BREEDLOVESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- KENNETH LEE BRINKSStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- GEORGE ARTHUR BROWNCorporal · May 12, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.