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FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1941 – March 22, 1966
Service recordFrancis Michael Boyle, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 38
- EDWARD J DEVINCENT JRCorporal · March 22, 1966
- JESSE GEORGE EASTMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1966
- FRANK RYAN ESCHPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- ARNOLD JOE FAULKNERPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JREnsign · August 1, 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.