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GEORGE WALTER BOULWARE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1942 – September 16, 1971
Service recordGeorge Walter Boulware, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 17
- GEORGE ALLEN FLOYDPrivate First Class · September 15, 1971
- JOSEPH ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · September 15, 1971
- DONALD EDWARD LARUE JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1971
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · September 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WINSLOW LAWRENCE JRMajor · Panel 2W, Line 17
- JOHN SENECHEKSergeant Major · Panel 2W, Line 18
- JAMES ALLEN WELLSCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 18
- ELBERT ARTHUR WELSHMajor · Panel 2W, Line 18
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.