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ROBERT CHARLES BOUCHER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 4, 1946 – April 20, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Boucher, of Oreland, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Oreland, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 13
- RONALD BOHANNONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- CHARLIE PAUL BRYANT JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- CHARLES HANSEN VESEYSergeant · April 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL MARTIN CREALChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 26W, Line 16
From Oreland
- DAVID RALPH WILSONFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
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.