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ROBERT MADISON BOLES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1942 – September 8, 1970
Service recordRobert Madison Boles, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 45
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 45
- DAVID ALVIN PRATTCorporal · September 7, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE ROLLERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- BRENT WILLIAM SVEENPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
- MICHAEL ASEPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.