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WILLIAM INNES BOUTON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1944 – January 8, 1969
Service recordWilliam Innes Bouton JR, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 53
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 53
- GERALD FRANKLIN APPERSONSergeant First Class · January 8, 1969
- CHADWICK MCFALL BARBERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- STEVEN DOUGLAS BARTMANSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- ROBERT DON CASESpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 52
- JOHN ARTHUR RIVES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 55
- HARRY SIMSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 56
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 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.