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KENT ROBERT BOLTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1949 – April 20, 1968
Service recordKent Robert Bolter, of Manistee, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 5
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
- Interrogation/Translation Specialist (0251)
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Manistee, Michigan (Manistee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 5
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BRANAUGHWarrant Officer 1 · April 20, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE CARTERLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ANGELO CESTAREFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1968
From Manistee
- DAVID ALLEN BRADSHAWSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DAUNISStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1969
- FREDRICK KEITH BRANDTSergeant · December 28, 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.