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GARY WILLIAM BOUGHNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – December 30, 1968
Service recordGary William Boughner, of Johannesburg, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 8
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Johannesburg, Michigan (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 8
- JAMES ROBERT BOYLESergeant · December 30, 1968
- ELTON BRADLEY COLLINSCorporal · December 30, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD COUCHSergeant · December 30, 1968
- ALLEN STEARNS FARNHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD COUCHSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 8
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.