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MICHAEL PHILIP BOUCHARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1950 – June 3, 1970
Service recordMichael Philip Bouchard, of Fairview, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Fairview, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 3
- MICHAEL ALFRED RASMUSSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL STOKESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAYMOND ULMSergeant · June 2, 1970
- DALE ARTHUR ANDERSONSergeant · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE ARTHUR ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 3
From Fairview
- THOMAS JOHN WILKSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
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.