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WALTER BOYD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1956 – May 15, 1975
Service recordWalter Boyd, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1975, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 17, 1956
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1975
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Uss Mayaguez Capture
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1975. In May 1975, 42 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Mayaguez incident was under way. After Khmer Rouge forces seized the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez in May 1975, Marines assaulted Koh Tang island; their names are the last on the Wall.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 132
- ANDRES GARCIALance Corporal · May 15, 1975
- RICHARD WILLIAM RIVENBURGHPrivate First Class · May 15, 1975
- ELWOOD EUGENE RUMBAUGHStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1975
- RICHARD VANDEGEERSecond Lieutenant · May 15, 1975
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ANDREW BENEDETTPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 129
- LYNN BLESSINGPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 129
- ANTONIO RAMOS SANDOVALPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 129
- GREGORY SCOTT COPENHAVERLance Corporal · Panel 1W, Line 130
- KELTON RENA TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 130
- JAMES JOSEPH JACQUESPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 131
- ASHTON NATHANIEL LONEYLance Corporal · Panel 1W, Line 131
- JAMES RICKEY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 131
- RICHARD WILLIAM RIVENBURGHPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 132
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.