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GARY RAY BOUSHELE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – October 27, 1969
Service recordGary Ray Boushele, of Hailey, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 123
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Hailey, Idaho (Blaine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 123
- DAVID DESALES WINKLERStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1969
- DENNIS AKERLEYPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- THOMAS ALMET ENGELMANCorporal · October 27, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD FOSTERSergeant · October 27, 1969
From Hailey
- BILL GENE WILLIAMSSergeant · June 3, 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.