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JOEY LEE BOLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJoey Lee Boles, of Wasco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Wasco, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 25
- PETER SAMUEL BORSAYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
- LARRY ERNEST DIKEMANCorporal · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL EVANSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 28
- STEVEN KENNETH SPRINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 31
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 32
- THOMAS ARTHUR WATSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 33
- JAMES JOSEPH WISESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
- JAMES ALFRED WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
From Wasco
- DELBERT CHAN TOTTYPlatoon Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JERRY GORESpecialist Four · August 10, 1969
- STEPHEN LEON RAGSDALESergeant · December 1, 1969
- JOHNNY JOE GALLARDOSergeant · February 27, 1970
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- JESSE GOMEZ JUAREZSergeant · May 6, 1970
- STEPHEN CHAVIRASpecialist Five · May 28, 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.