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RAYMOND LAVOY BOATWRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1940 – January 19, 1966
Service recordRaymond Lavoy Boatwright, of Wauchula, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Wauchula, Florida (Hardee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 80
- KENNETH LEROY BAUERStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1966
- JOHN DAVID COFFIELDPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
- LEWIS BENTON LONGChief Petty Officer · January 20, 1966
- OLEN WESLEY RASNICPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 79
- CLAUDE WILLIAM THARPSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 79
From Wauchula
- TERREL ELBERT CARTERPetty Officer First Class · January 15, 1967
- CHARLES C DICKEY JRFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD LONGAirman · July 29, 1967
- JOHNNY MEANSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- FREDERICK DALE RICKELSPrivate · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT GLENN PENDLEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
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.