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RICHARD JOHN BOROVICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1945 – January 2, 1969
Service recordRichard John Borovick, of South Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 19
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- South Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 19
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BASTIANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- DEAN FRANKLIN BOLHOUSEWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM FREEMANSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- CHARLES DIETER GROHSergeant · January 2, 1969
From South Boston
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOHN PAUL JACOBSCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- BURTON W PETERSON JRLance Corporal · April 5, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMONDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- JOHN HENRY COLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- DONALD JOHN TURNERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN AGRI JRLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
- BRIAN RICHARD KELLYPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.