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RICHARD JOSEPH BOIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – March 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Joseph Bois, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 63
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 63
- MICHAEL GEORGE BROWNFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- MARION MCCLAIN BURKEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- EDWARD DUTYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGERSergeant · March 7, 1969
From Peabody
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- BRUCE DAVID DICKFirst Lieutenant · May 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.