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THOMAS ROBERT BOYDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1949 – December 16, 1967
Service recordThomas Robert Boyden, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 8
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
- February 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 8
- TERRI MARTIN BOETTGERSergeant · December 16, 1967
- STEVEN LEE BRUDERERSeaman · December 16, 1967
- THOMAS BEEB CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
From Bloomfield
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINCorporal · July 7, 1967
- RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JRSergeant · October 4, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD CERVERASpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK ABENECaptain · November 19, 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.