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GARY RAYMOND BOECK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1950 – January 6, 1971
Service recordGary Raymond Boeck, of Braham, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Braham, Minnesota (Isanti County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 28
- EUGENE HENRY MCKAY IIIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1971
- RONNIE VAGO ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
- GLENN CURTIS VALENTESpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
- FREDERICK WILLIAM BALDAUFPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
From Braham
- RONALD ELWOOD NELSONLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
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.