LANCE CPL JOHN MERTON BOYCE


 

LCPL - E3 - Marine Corps - Regular
20 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Born on Oct 16, 1947
From CENTRAL POINT, OREGON
Length of service 1 year.
His tour of duty began on Dec 18, 1967
Casualty was on Mar 02, 1968
in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall
Panel 42E - - Line 27

 

Killed in action was Marine Lance Cpl. John M.Boyce, whose wife Roseanna, lives in Central Point.Mrs. Boyce said her husband was killed 2 Mar (1968) by small arms fire while serving with the Third Marines in Quang Tri Province. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 13 Mar 1968)

Funeral Tuesday for Cpl. Boyce Funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl John Merton Boyce, 20, who died 2 Mar (1968) in Vietnam, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hillcrest Memorial Chapel on the North Phoenix Road. The Rev. Richard Ralls of the Country Church on Table Rock Road will officiate. Committal will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, with Conger-Morris Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. Military honors will be provided by the staff of the Inspector Instructor of B Company, 10th Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Corps Division, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Eugene. Cpl. Boyce was born 16 Oct 1947, in Portland, and had lived in Southern Oregon most of his life, graduating from Crater High School in 1966. He was married 12 Jan (1968) to Roseanna Sprinkle, who survivors........ Other survivors include a sister, Marian Atkinson, Newberg OR; his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cranston, Central Point; three foster brothers, Marine Lance Cpl. James Cranston, Okinawa, Donald Cranston, Central Point, and Larry Cranston, Porterville CA; and a foster sister, Mrs. Bill Weddle, Medford. (Medford Mail Tribune, Medford OR, 18 Mar 1968)

42EAST - 27 - Unit CO K 3/1ST MAR 9TH MAB 3D MAR - Quang Tri S. Vietnam - Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty


 

Rest in peace dear soldiers...
may God bless you and your families
.

I will not forget  —Brenda
 
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