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ROBERT LOUIS BOUCHET
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 15, 1944 – August 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Louis Bouchet, of Needham, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 11, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 46
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Signalman (SM)
- Born
- February 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Needham, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 46
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH BELTRANCorporal · August 11, 1968
- HOWARD FRANK BURNSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1968
- KINSEY ARTHUR DAVISPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
From Needham
- JAMES FREDERICK HILTZStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1963
- ALAN JAMES PERRAULTFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WAKEFIELD DOWNEYSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1967
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PASSERELLOPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · August 19, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD HEPPLERCorporal · August 31, 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.