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MICHAEL DAVID BOYER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – June 18, 1969
Service recordMichael David Boyer, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 72
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
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 72
- PETER VINCENT BLAZONISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BRADYCorporal · June 18, 1969
- GEORGE ROBERT BROWNINGSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVIDSON BURKE JRLance Corporal · June 18, 1969
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.