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ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1949 – April 13, 1968
Service recordRoger Allen Boomsma, of Arcadia, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Arcadia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 39
- AUGUST THOMAS BATTAGLIASpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN BELLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- LUIS BARRON CAMPOSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RICHARD ERNEST CAWLEYHospitalman · April 13, 1968
From Arcadia
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- JAMES ANDREW LEACHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 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.