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WARREN WILLIAM BOLES
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 14, 1940 – January 18, 1968
Service recordWarren William Boles, of Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 18, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 114 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- December 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34E, Line 66
- NORMAN EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · January 18, 1968
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- MARVIN WHITNER BOWENCorporal · January 18, 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.