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JAMES LEONARD BOEHLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1949 – August 21, 1967
Service recordJames Leonard Boehler, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 22
- FRED HORATIO GATES IILieutenant Commander · August 19, 1967
- ISIDRO BACAPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD LEE BOBOSergeant · August 21, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUCKLEYLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- CLARENCE LAWRENCE CHASESpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE CORK JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 1967
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.