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PAUL CLAYTON BOVAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – April 7, 1970
Service recordPaul Clayton Bovan, of Farwell, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 102
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Farwell, Michigan (Clare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 102
- GREGORY WILLIAM STODDARTSpecialist Five · April 6, 1970
- HENRY KENNARD WEITZPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
- DONALD PIERCE WOODFINPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
- LARRY PHILLIP DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENIS JAMES ZIMPRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 105
From Farwell
- STEVE L J LAVERTYCorporal · December 31, 1970
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.