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MICHAEL TERRY BOAT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 15, 1946 – August 22, 1969
Service recordMichael Terry Boat, of Grinnell, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 91
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Grinnell, Iowa (Poweshiek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 91
- JACKIE DEAN BIRD JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · August 22, 1969
- ALBERT JOSEPH CARRIER IIISpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- CURTIS PAUL CHALLBERGFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 91
- CURTIS PAUL CHALLBERGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 91
- ARTHUR HARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 94
- ROBERT LEE KETELAARSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 95
- MOSES IWANE KUAHIWINUI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 95
From Grinnell
- BRETT GRANT REAVISPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JERRY EUGENE TEWPrivate First Class · October 29, 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.