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RICHARD LEONARD BOLTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1945 – February 28, 1967
Service recordRichard Leonard Boltz, of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 113
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 113
- CARL EDWARD BOCKEWITZCaptain · February 28, 1967
- DON GAYNOR BOYDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BYRDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE F BARCHAK JRCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 112
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 118
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 119
- MICHAEL LEE MYERSCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 120
- JOHN THOMAS WETZELPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 124
From Ridgefield Park
- MICHAEL ROMANO JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH LEDONNEPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALVANDR CUCCINELLIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · June 3, 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.