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PETER KESTUTIS BOYEV
Captain · U.S. Army
June 11, 1939 – April 26, 1970
Service recordPeter Kestutis Boyev, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 54
- DONNIE REX BOGGSSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- TONY CLOUGHFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1970
- RANDALL LEWIS CRABTREESpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- ERNEST LEROY THORSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JEROME GEISERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 55
- MANUEL ROMERO TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 56
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.