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DONALD WILLIAM BOYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1946 – November 16, 1967
Service recordDonald William Boyer, of Riverside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 104
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS BETTENCOURTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM BREDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ROGER ADAMSSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 103
- JOHN FRANCIS BETTENCOURTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 104
- ROBERT WILLIAM BREDESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 104
- JESSIE WENDELL CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 1
- PAUL MARVIN CRONK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 1
- GERALD CRAGGSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 2
- MARK THOMAS HOWARDCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 2
- ARNOLD EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 3
- DAVID ROGER KEATONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 3
- GEORGE KENNETH KOONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 4
- JOHN LANCE LINDABERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 4
- JOHN STEVEN MCCONNELLSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 4
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
- JAMES EMMETT STONEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
- GLENN ROBERT WYLIESergeant · Panel 30E, Line 6
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
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.