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RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JR
Major · U.S. Army
April 9, 1938 – October 26, 1967
Service recordRichard Klemm Boyd JR, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 72
- JOSEPH ROBERT BECK JRSpecialist Five · October 26, 1967
- RONALD DAVID BENNETTCaptain · October 26, 1967
- RUSSEL DEAN BENTSONWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1967
- LARRY DEAN BLEEKERSecond Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GWYN OSBORNESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 76
From Carlisle
- EMMETT L DRESSLERStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- ERIK NILES RUDZIAKFireman · January 16, 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.