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WILLIAM KLINE BOYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – July 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam Kline Boyer, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 10
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 10
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- LARRY GENE YEAGERSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- ROBERT EARL BIRKHOLZSergeant · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRY PAUL BURKSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 11
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 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.