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THOMAS MICHAEL BOYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1950 – October 11, 1970
Service recordThomas Michael Boyer, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 125
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 125
- TERRY ROBERT ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 11, 1970
- GREGORY WILLIAM BEECYSpecialist Five · October 11, 1970
- MARTIN GALE GILLIAMPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
- PETER RAY GOODNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD NISLER WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 127
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 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.