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WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1949 – June 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Boland JR, of Cicero, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Cicero, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 14
- LARRY EARL ADAMSLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- DOYLE TRAVIS ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- DENNIS LEE BROWNLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
From Cicero
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 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.