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RENE ARMAND BOIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1947 – December 16, 1968
Service recordRene Armand Bois, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 28
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 28
- DEAN FRANCIS SPAULDING JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- DAVID HAROLD ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD BISHOPPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE JOE CLARKStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 29
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.