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MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1948 – July 19, 1967
Service recordMichael Kenneth Boardman, of Sikeston, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 90
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Sikeston, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 90
- WILLIAM DENNIS BIEVERSpecialist Five · July 19, 1967
- GARY WAYNE BURNETTECorporal · July 19, 1967
- DONALD PATRICK FRYEEnsign · July 19, 1967
- LAMOINE LOWELL SANDVIGStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1967
From Sikeston
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- VIRGIL BURKS JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- CLARENCE WAYNE TEMPLETONCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · November 21, 1970
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
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.