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MELVIN LYNN BOLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1947 – December 5, 1968
Service recordMelvin Lynn Boland, of Shaw, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 44
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Shaw, Mississippi (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 44
- WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE ANDREWSLance Corporal · December 5, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN BERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 5, 1968
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.