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STEPHEN GREGORY BOYER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – June 1, 1968
Service recordStephen Gregory Boyer, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- 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 June 1, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 20
- PAUL BELCHAK JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- JOHN NOLAN BOURNEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- THOMAS LYNN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1968
- JACK WAYNE CALFEEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BELCHAK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 20
- FRANK WILLIS CAMPBELL JRSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 21
- JERRY ALBERT CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 62W, Line 21
- WILLIAM JOHNNY CARPENTERCorporal · Panel 62W, Line 21
- BILLY EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · Panel 62W, Line 22
- JERRY JEROME COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 22
- WALTER BRENNEMAN GROVE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 1
- NORMAN WINSTON HASSELLCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 1
- JAMES EARL HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 2
- TOMMY BRYAN HOSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 2
- MICHAEL PATRICK HOURIGANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 61W, Line 2
- VAN ETSITTYCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 3
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 4
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 5
- OSCAR C PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 5
- NILE DEAN SHUMATESergeant · Panel 61W, Line 6
- MARTINIS GENE TIPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 6
- ERNEST RAY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 7
- RICHARD KENNETH TAYLORCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 7
- STEVEN DOUGLAS TOWNSLEYCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 7
- OTIS TURNERCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 8
- DANNY EDWARD WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 8
- WILLIAM F WASHINGTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 8
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 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.