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ROBERT EDWARD BOONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – September 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Boone, of Rosedale, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 48
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Rosedale, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 48
- GREGORY LEE BOMBERRYSergeant · September 6, 1968
- MARSHALL JASON BROWNCorporal · September 6, 1968
- WILLIAM CANNIONSergeant · September 6, 1968
- ROBERT O CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD GUENTHERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 51
From Rosedale
- BRADLEY JAMES CARSONPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM ROSOLIECorporal · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- JAMES KEVIN KELLYLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · October 7, 1968
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
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.