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DON GAYNOR BOYD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1946 – February 28, 1967
Service recordDon Gaynor Boyd, of Southfield, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 113
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Southfield, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 113
- CARL EDWARD BOCKEWITZCaptain · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BYRDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 1967
From Southfield
- ROBERT DENNIS MILLAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES FRANCISSergeant · September 30, 1967
- DENNIS GREENWALDPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK WILLIAM MURPHYLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · August 25, 1968
- GARY RICHARD BERGPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- GLENN ROSS URQUHART JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- LEWIS MICHAEL FORMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- EVERETT ROBERT MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · March 9, 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.