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ROBERT WHITE BOYD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1943 – October 13, 1967
Service recordRobert White Boyd, of Yarmouth, Maine, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 98
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Born
- November 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Yarmouth, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 98
- ROGER EDWIN WALTONPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- GUY LESTER BELLEWStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- GARY LEE BINDERConstructionman · October 13, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · October 13, 1967
- ALAN LESLIE SEAMANSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
From Yarmouth
- DOUGLAS E GOOGINS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- CLINTON EUGENE TIBBETTSTechnical Sergeant · July 28, 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.