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RICHARD EUGENE BOYLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1946 – April 13, 1967
Service recordRichard Eugene Boyle, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 15, 1946
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 21
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- CHARLES DUFFY BLACKFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1967
- HARRY MILTON BRENNMajor · April 13, 1967
- MARSHALL EDWARD BROWNTechnical Sergeant · April 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 21
- WALTER LEWIS GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 22
- PAUL J LIFRIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 23
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.