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RICHARD EUGENE BOYD
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 23, 1944 – March 25, 1968
Service recordRichard Eugene Boyd, of Lawrence, Kansas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 14
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- July 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Kansas (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 14
- PATRICK MICHAEL BERWERTPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- LEONARD E BORCHARD JRPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- MCARTHUR CALLAWAYCorporal · March 25, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL CASEYCaptain · March 25, 1968
From Lawrence
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- DELBERT LEROY RYANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- WILLIAM R DENNIS IIISeaman Apprentice · March 18, 1967
- DAVID PARKER GIBSONCaptain · April 8, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE DILLONStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- RAYMOND VENSON BROWNINGCorporal · October 12, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT BOWMANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- LONNIE GUY LEBOMBARBSergeant · February 9, 1968
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
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.