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FLETCHER W BOLES II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1944 – May 2, 1969
Service recordFletcher W Boles II, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 97
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Interrogator (96C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 97
- JOSE CARMEN ALVAREZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- NEIL SHIPP BROWNPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- DANIEL CARRASCOSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
- JAMES GILBERT CASEMaster Sergeant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GILBERT CASEMaster Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 97
From Tuscaloosa
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.