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WILLIAM EUGENE BOEHM
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – February 5, 1969
Service recordWilliam Eugene Boehm, of Caseyville, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 60
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Caseyville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 60
- EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORTCorporal · February 4, 1969
- STEPHEN CHRISTIAN WALKERSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- RAY LYNN GOODPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 63
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 64
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 67
From Caseyville
- PATRICK CONNERCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL LINDNERPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.