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ROBERT RAY BOESKOOL
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1951 – June 6, 1970
Service recordRobert Ray Boeskool, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 18
- MICHAEL JOHN BLANSCETCaptain · June 6, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · June 6, 1970
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
- LAWRENCE DEAN BURGESSSergeant · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BECKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 17
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 18
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 18
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 19
From Holland
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 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.