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GEORGE OLIVER BOATWRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – February 16, 1970
Service recordGeorge Oliver Boatwright, of Florence, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Florence, Mississippi (Rankin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 18
- JAMES ALAN BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- BILLY DUANE CRELIACorporal · February 16, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVISSpecialist Five · February 16, 1970
From Florence
- WILLIE HARPER JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- EARNEST SHELBY WARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- RONALD CLIFTON WEEMSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- ALBERT CHARLES BUTLERLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1969
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.