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RHINE HART BOGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – December 10, 1967
Service recordRhine Hart Boger, of Weirsdale, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 71
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Weirsdale, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 71
- LARRY LEE BOICELance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
- BOHDAN PETER BRYDUNCorporal · December 10, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · Panel 31E, Line 74
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 76
- RONALD CLARK STALLINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 78
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.