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JOHN THOMAS BOONE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1944 – April 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas Boone, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 47
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 47
- RAYMOND MICHAEL WINFREYSpecialist Five · April 9, 1969
- JESSIE ARREDONDOSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- WILLIAM F BAGGS JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- STEPHEN J BORYSZEWSKILance Corporal · April 10, 1969
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.