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GARY LEE BOYCE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 17, 1945 – January 1, 1973
Service recordGary Lee Boyce, of Brazil, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 1, 1973, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 108
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hull Maintenance Technician (HT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS GOLDSBOUGH DDG 20
- Born
- December 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Brazil, Indiana (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1973
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1973. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 108
- JOHN STEPHEN SATTERFIELDSpecialist Four · December 28, 1972
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTTCorporal · December 31, 1972
- KENNETH DOYLE SCAIFESeaman Apprentice · January 3, 1973
- STEVEN BRYCE JOHNSTONCaptain · January 4, 1973
From Brazil
- MAX WAYNE BATCHELORSergeant · October 4, 1967
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- CHESTER RAY MCCLELLANDCorporal · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- ZETTIE J C DULINSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 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.