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HAROLD EDWARD BOETCHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1946 – June 20, 1966
Service recordHarold Edward Boetcher, of Milpitas, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 64
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 2 BN 11 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Milpitas, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 64
- REINER WALTER BIEROWSKISergeant · June 20, 1966
- CURTIS HERMAN BULLARDPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- LONNIE EDWARD CLEMENTSFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1966
- ROBERT MORRIS COOKEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
From Milpitas
- JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT ALBERT HORCAJOPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- LUCAS RODRIQUEZ ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- WARREN LEE DONAHESpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
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.