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MURLIN EUGENE BOON
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
January 2, 1946 – January 20, 1967
Service recordMurlin Eugene Boon, of Watonga, Oklahoma, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 20, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 55
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- January 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Watonga, Oklahoma (Blaine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 55
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JAMES NORMAN BYERSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD CAMDEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 20, 1967
- JACK LARELL COLLINSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
From Watonga
- TEDDY EARL HARGROVECorporal · June 13, 1969
- BARTLEY ALLEN WALLACESergeant First Class · May 31, 1972
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.