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WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – June 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Wayne Boetje, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 17
- RICHARD CAROLINUS YEEND JRCaptain · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT BALLMajor · June 10, 1968
- EDWARD DALE BENNETTSergeant · June 10, 1968
- ROGER THOMAS BURROWSLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 18
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 19
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 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.