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HARRY LEE BOLES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1944 – October 3, 1969
Service recordHarry Lee Boles, of Ft Jackson, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 33
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Jackson, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 33
- LARRY ONEAL ADAMSONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY CUNNINGHAMStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1969
- FRANCIS WILMER DEAL JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 3, 1969
- ALTON LEON ELLISONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCISCO GIRONSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 34
- DAVID ALLEN KUHNSSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 34
From Ft Jackson
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · January 31, 1966
- JOHN K DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY FANNINGCorporal · April 26, 1971
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.