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RICHARD WELDON BOSWELL JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1950 – December 18, 1969
Service recordRichard Weldon Boswell JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Refrigeration Mechanic (1161)
- Born
- December 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 69
- SAMUEL HARRY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- RONALD JOHN BINKOWSKISpecialist Four · December 18, 1969
- WILLIAM RANDALL CRANEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1969
- PATRICK MAURICE DILLONStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1969
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.