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RONALD EARNEST BOYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – February 9, 1969
Service recordRonald Earnest Boyer, of Lena, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Lena, Illinois (Stephenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 91
- JOHNNIE WAYNE ATORSergeant · February 9, 1969
- STEVEN ROBERT BAUERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGESpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- CLAUDE EDWARD BRAGGPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE EDWARD BRAGGPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 91
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.