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DONALD RAY BOYLES
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 24, 1939 – November 21, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Boyles, of Stigler, Oklahoma, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 104
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Automotive Maintenance Technician (631A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Stigler, Oklahoma (Haskell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 104
- JACKIE CARROLL WALKERFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1969
- LARRY LE ROY BETTSSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
- JAMES HILLIARD BRASWELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- ERNEST J DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 105
- PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELLCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 106
- PETER JOSEPH LACEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 106
- JOHNNY WILLIAM TRAINHAMSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 107
- ROBERT KENT WORTHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 108
From Stigler
- HUBERT PRICE JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- DONNIE GORDON LEWISLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- DOYLE GEAN PULSESpecialist Four · May 15, 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.