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JOHN GORDON BOYANOWSKI
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 21, 1935 – December 14, 1971
Service recordJohn Gordon Boyanowski, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 87
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 21, 1935
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 87
- BERNARD JOSEPH MORAN JRMaster Sergeant · December 12, 1971
- LLOYD STEVEN RAINEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1971
- DWIGHT AMOS BREMMERSpecialist Four · December 14, 1971
- FLOYD DEAN CALDWELLStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GREGG NEYMAN HOLLINGERCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 88
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
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.