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ROBERT CARL BOYD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1946 – December 22, 1966
Service recordRobert Carl Boyd, of Newark, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 71
- DARIUS LLEWLYN DEMA BROWNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- FOREST EDD DUDLEYPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- GERALD LYNN GOODENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
From Newark
- MARTIN WALTER MORENOSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- JOSEPH LYNWOOD SHREVE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH ALBERT WEDMANSpecialist Five · September 12, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE SMITH JRSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- PAUL GEORGE TELLESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- VAN HARVEY PEARSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- MARK JEFFERY MILLERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1973
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.