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DAVID JOSEPH BOYLE
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 9, 1947 – February 14, 1966
Service recordDavid Joseph Boyle, of Woodland, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 14, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 31
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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 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 92
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodland, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 31
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- WILLIAM STUART RIESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- ALLEN JAMES AVERYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- IRA C BOGGS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
From Woodland
- JAMES GEORGE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 26, 1967
- BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHASTSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS LOUIS ROSSIPrivate · February 14, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIREPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
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.