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ROBERT C BOICOURT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1945 – June 22, 1966
Service recordRobert C Boicourt, of Park Ridge, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 74
- EDMUND DAVID BRENT JRStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- JAMES RICHARD DUFAULTPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICHARD DUFAULTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 74
- CECIL HUYLERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 75
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 75
- RUDOLPH CARL SELENKA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 77
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 78
From Park Ridge
- ALLEN GEORGE FRENCHLance Corporal · August 15, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- BRUCE JONATHAN ROTHLance Corporal · December 29, 1967
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · May 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALAN FIESTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 1970
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.