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WILFRID NARCISS BOURGEOIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1924 – August 17, 1964
Service recordWilfrid Narciss Bourgeois, of Sherborn, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 11, 1924
- Home of record
- Sherborn, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1964
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1964. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 61
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- HAROLD LOYD MCNEILFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- WILLIAM MEARL DEANSergeant First Class · August 14, 1964
From Sherborn
- JOHN MICHAEL NEALONLance Corporal · December 24, 1967
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.