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WILLARD J BOUCHARD JR
Private · U.S. Army
June 22, 1952 – August 28, 1971
Service recordWillard J Bouchard JR, of Orange, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1971, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 22, 1952
- Home of record
- Orange, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 4
- ROBERT ALLEN BEAVERSSpecialist Five · August 28, 1971
- FRANK LEON BROWNINGPrivate · August 28, 1971
- DENNIS BUCKLEWWarrant Officer 1 · August 28, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS GARISpecialist Four · August 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LEON BROWNINGPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 4
- STEPHEN LOUIS GARISpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 4
- CURTIS LEE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 5
From Orange
- CEDRICK LOUVANE SMARTStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- EARL MARTIN MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
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.