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MONTY DOYAL BOYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1949 – September 7, 1970
Service recordMonty Doyal Boyer, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 43
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 43
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · September 6, 1970
- GUILLERMO VALLECorporal · September 6, 1970
- WILLIAM LESTER WILHELMSergeant · September 6, 1970
- EUGENE ALLEN AARONPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
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.