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KENNETH WAYNE BOAZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1947 – April 8, 1967
Service recordKenneth Wayne Boaz, of Ottawa, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 120
- JAMES R BANKSStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1967
- DON CURTIS BENFIELDPrivate · April 8, 1967
- GARY AMOS CARSTENSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BILLY KAY CARVERCorporal · April 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 119
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 124
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 127
From Ottawa
- WILLIAM T DIAMOND JRSeaman · September 15, 1967
- LOUIS CLAUDE ZUCKERMajor · March 20, 1968
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · March 11, 1969
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- MARTIN CODY CARRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- JON CHARLES SAPPStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · August 4, 1970
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.