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WILBURN HUGH BOYD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1946 – June 26, 1966
Service recordWilburn Hugh Boyd, of Carbondale, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 96
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Carbondale, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 96
- FRANKLIN ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CHARLES CHUCK BROWNSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
From Carbondale
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · January 9, 1969
- FRANK EDWIN STEARNSWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
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.