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ROGER WILLIAM BOYD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1938 – May 23, 1968
Service recordRoger William Boyd, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 6
- GRANVILLE JOEL ALLEN JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1968
- EDWARD NELSON BEERSPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- LAURIER GERARD BOSSELance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- FLORIAN ANTHONY BUGNI JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.