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ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – November 28, 1966
Service recordRobert Craig Boelzner, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 126
- JOHN JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1966
- DAVID WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1966
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 28, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT DEVOREPrivate · November 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD OSCAR TOYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 128
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 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.