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EDWARD J BOIVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1945 – November 24, 1966
Service recordEdward J Boivin, of Mexico, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Microwave Systems Repairer (26L)
- Born
- August 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Mexico, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 113
- BERNARD STANLEY PLAZACaptain · November 23, 1966
- MALCOLM KEITH BROUHARDPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- ARTHUR BRUMAGENSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
From Mexico
- ROGER PAUL GALLANTStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1967
- THEODORE DANIEL BERNARDSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND MILLEDGESpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
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.