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GEDDES CHARLES BOYTER JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 25, 1942 – July 1, 1968
Service recordGeddes Charles Boyter JR, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 26
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 178 AVN CO AMER DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 26
- PETER JASON ANGLECorporal · July 1, 1968
- JAMES GERALD BELINSKIPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- AUGUST FERREL BOLTPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- NICHOLAS JAY BUFFINCorporal · July 1, 1968
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 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.