US PARAS 2 Boyd, Richard Klemm,Jr (Dick)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Boyd ​

• FORENAME

Richard Klemm,Jr (Dick) ​

• UNIT

502 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company B,2 Bn) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

0-90678 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th October 1967 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery,West Point,Orange County,New York Ssction VI Site 319 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Carlisle,Pennsylvania​

born 9.4.1938 Fort Benning,Georgia​

son of Richard Klemm and Norma (nee Pennell) Boyd,Gibson Island,Maryland​

father (1909-2001) retired as Colonel US Army (Inf) (USMA 1931) (82 Airborne Division WW2) (Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal,Purple Heart)​

single​

graduated Phillips Academy,Andover,Massachusetts 1956​

graduated U.S.M.A.,West Point 8.6.1960​

7th Infantry Regiment​

MACV Advisor,Vietnam 1963-64​

award Bronze Star​

61st Infantry Regiment (HHC,1 Bn)​

attended University of Colorado​

ADC to Deputy Commanding General 5th Army​

502nd Infantry Regiment​

award Silver Star​

awards Silver Star,Bronze Star with V,Bronze Star 3 oak leaf clusters​

promoted Major posthumously​

KIA Yen Bai,Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 28E Line 72 ​

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