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HARRY LEWIS BOYLE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1933 – July 23, 1968
Service recordHarry Lewis Boyle, of San Leandro, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 38
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
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 10, 1933
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 38
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOBBPetty Officer First Class · July 23, 1968
- KENNETH ALLAN BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1968
- DANNY EUGENE DEESESpecialist Five · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 46
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT DALE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
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.