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WILLIAM EDWARD BOONE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1942 – October 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam Edward Boone, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 128
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 128
- MICHAEL ROYCE BORGHospitalman · October 12, 1970
- TERRY MIKEL CONWAYPrivate · October 12, 1970
- AMOS MARK CRAIGEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1970
- JERALD STEVEN DELONGCorporal · October 12, 1970
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.