In Loving Memory of ... LTJG Warren William Boles.
*** Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Linden Ave. & Walnut Ave.
*** On January 18, 1968, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phanton II Fighter (F-4B) on a barrier combat air patrol around friendly surface vessels. Contact with his aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in me, your brother, sisters and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
WARREN WILLIAM BOLES - Navy - LTJG - O2
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 14, 1940 - born in Salem, Mass.
From: MARBLEHEAD NECK, MA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Susan Hellen Bunker of Beeville, Texas on Feb. 4, 1941 in Bell County,Tx. Parents: Father, Navy Capt. Warren Chandler Boles, Ret., served aboard the USS Helena and from Arnold, Maryland. His Mother, Harriet O./D. Conant Boles, Born March 20, 1911 in Mass. and Died Nov. 26, 1977 at the age of 66 yrs., of Marblehead,Mass.. Brother, George Dutton Boles, born June 26, 1939 in Mass. and died Mar.22, 2012 - FA G Memorial# 87442829.
***** ( Picture ) - This photo is of Bill (on the left) and his roommate, Gerry Billadeau, in Miller Hall on January 11, 1960.
Art Rotondi
***** Per FAG RememberMe - Hello, You did a very nice job with this memorial. Love all the info and photos. I recently stumbled across the Boles family plot in Marblehead. He's "buried" with his grandmother and aunt and uncle. If you'd like to reference this cenotaph on your cenotaph, it's # 118956449. I've already referenced yours. I also added an obit to mine. If you're able to post that to your memorial, please feel free to copy. Kind regards.
Marblehead Flier Killed in Viet Crash
Marblehead-Navy Lt. J.G. Warren W. Boles, 27, of 95 Front St., was killed in a plane crash over the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, Thursday, while on a combat mission, according to a Navy dispatch to his parents.
A jet fighter pilot, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk and had been in Vietnam Six months.
Lt. Boles was a 1958 graduate of Marblehead High School and had served in the Marine Corps until 1961. He then entered the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in 1965.
His father, Navy Capt. Warren C. Boles, Ret., served aboard the USS Helena which was sunk in action during World War II. Capt. Boles is now a civilian instructor at the Academy.
Besides his parents, he leaves his wife, Susan of Beeville, Tx. A memorial service is scheduled there tomorrow.
LTJG - O2 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 4 years
His tour began on Jan 18, 1968
Casualty was on Jan 18, 1968
In , NORTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
Panel 34E - Line 66
Other Personnel In Incident: Ronald L. Roehrich (missing)
On January 18, 1968, he and his radar intercept officer (RIO), Lt.JG Ron Roehrich launched in their F4B
Phantom fighter aircraft as the second plane of a two-plane section.
Their assigned mission was as Barrier Combat Air Patrol Mission to protect friendly air and surface units in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Boles descended through a low overcast and positively identified the contact as a non-hostile, cargo-type ship. Seconds later, radio and radar contact were lost with Bole's aircraft.
Search and rescue helicopters were immediately sent to the scene and confirmed, by a fuel slick and debris, that the aircraft had crashed at sea.
No survivors were found.
Boles and Roehrich perished in the unexplained crash of their aircraft that January day in 1968.
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.
*** Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Linden Ave. & Walnut Ave.
*** On January 18, 1968, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phanton II Fighter (F-4B) on a barrier combat air patrol around friendly surface vessels. Contact with his aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in me, your brother, sisters and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
WARREN WILLIAM BOLES - Navy - LTJG - O2
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 14, 1940 - born in Salem, Mass.
From: MARBLEHEAD NECK, MA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Susan Hellen Bunker of Beeville, Texas on Feb. 4, 1941 in Bell County,Tx. Parents: Father, Navy Capt. Warren Chandler Boles, Ret., served aboard the USS Helena and from Arnold, Maryland. His Mother, Harriet O./D. Conant Boles, Born March 20, 1911 in Mass. and Died Nov. 26, 1977 at the age of 66 yrs., of Marblehead,Mass.. Brother, George Dutton Boles, born June 26, 1939 in Mass. and died Mar.22, 2012 - FA G Memorial# 87442829.
***** ( Picture ) - This photo is of Bill (on the left) and his roommate, Gerry Billadeau, in Miller Hall on January 11, 1960.
Art Rotondi
***** Per FAG RememberMe - Hello, You did a very nice job with this memorial. Love all the info and photos. I recently stumbled across the Boles family plot in Marblehead. He's "buried" with his grandmother and aunt and uncle. If you'd like to reference this cenotaph on your cenotaph, it's # 118956449. I've already referenced yours. I also added an obit to mine. If you're able to post that to your memorial, please feel free to copy. Kind regards.
Marblehead Flier Killed in Viet Crash
Marblehead-Navy Lt. J.G. Warren W. Boles, 27, of 95 Front St., was killed in a plane crash over the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, Thursday, while on a combat mission, according to a Navy dispatch to his parents.
A jet fighter pilot, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk and had been in Vietnam Six months.
Lt. Boles was a 1958 graduate of Marblehead High School and had served in the Marine Corps until 1961. He then entered the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in 1965.
His father, Navy Capt. Warren C. Boles, Ret., served aboard the USS Helena which was sunk in action during World War II. Capt. Boles is now a civilian instructor at the Academy.
Besides his parents, he leaves his wife, Susan of Beeville, Tx. A memorial service is scheduled there tomorrow.
LTJG - O2 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 4 years
His tour began on Jan 18, 1968
Casualty was on Jan 18, 1968
In , NORTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
Panel 34E - Line 66
Other Personnel In Incident: Ronald L. Roehrich (missing)
On January 18, 1968, he and his radar intercept officer (RIO), Lt.JG Ron Roehrich launched in their F4B
Phantom fighter aircraft as the second plane of a two-plane section.
Their assigned mission was as Barrier Combat Air Patrol Mission to protect friendly air and surface units in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Boles descended through a low overcast and positively identified the contact as a non-hostile, cargo-type ship. Seconds later, radio and radar contact were lost with Bole's aircraft.
Search and rescue helicopters were immediately sent to the scene and confirmed, by a fuel slick and debris, that the aircraft had crashed at sea.
No survivors were found.
Boles and Roehrich perished in the unexplained crash of their aircraft that January day in 1968.
*****************************************
.
In Loving Memory of ... LTJG Warren William Boles.
*** Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Linden Ave. & Walnut Ave.
*** On January 18, 1968, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phanton II Fighter (F-4B) on a barrier combat air patrol around friendly surface vessels. Contact with his aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in me, your brother, sisters and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
WARREN WILLIAM BOLES - Navy - LTJG - O2
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 14, 1940 - born in Salem, Mass.
From: MARBLEHEAD NECK, MA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Susan Hellen Bunker of Beeville, Texas on Feb. 4, 1941 in Bell County,Tx. Parents: Father, Navy Capt. Warren Chandler Boles, Ret., served aboard the USS Helena and from Arnold, Maryland. His Mother, Harriet O./D. Conant Boles, Born March 20, 1911 in Mass. and Died Nov. 26, 1977 at the age of 66 yrs., of Marblehead,Mass.. Brother, George Dutton Boles, born June 26, 1939 in Mass. and died Mar.22, 2012 - FA G Memorial# 87442829.
***** ( Picture ) - This photo is of Bill (on the left) and his roommate, Gerry Billadeau, in Miller Hall on January 11, 1960.
Art Rotondi
***** Per FAG RememberMe - Hello, You did a very nice job with this memorial. Love all the info and photos. I recently stumbled across the Boles family plot in Marblehead. He's "buried" with his grandmother and aunt and uncle. If you'd like to reference this cenotaph on your cenotaph, it's # 118956449. I've already referenced yours. I also added an obit to mine. If you're able to post that to your memorial, please feel free to copy. Kind regards.
Marblehead Flier Killed in Viet Crash
Marblehead-Navy Lt. J.G. Warren W. Boles, 27, of 95 Front St., was killed in a plane crash over the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, Thursday, while on a combat mission, according to a Navy dispatch to his parents.
A jet fighter pilot, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk and had been in Vietnam Six months.
Lt. Boles was a 1958 graduate of Marblehead High School and had served in the Marine Corps until 1961. He then entered the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in 1965.
His father, Navy Capt. Warren C. Boles, Ret., served aboard the USS Helena which was sunk in action during World War II. Capt. Boles is now a civilian instructor at the Academy.
Besides his parents, he leaves his wife, Susan of Beeville, Tx. A memorial service is scheduled there tomorrow.
LTJG - O2 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 4 years
His tour began on Jan 18, 1968
Casualty was on Jan 18, 1968
In , NORTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
Panel 34E - Line 66
Other Personnel In Incident: Ronald L. Roehrich (missing)
On January 18, 1968, he and his radar intercept officer (RIO), Lt.JG Ron Roehrich launched in their F4B
Phantom fighter aircraft as the second plane of a two-plane section.
Their assigned mission was as Barrier Combat Air Patrol Mission to protect friendly air and surface units in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Boles descended through a low overcast and positively identified the contact as a non-hostile, cargo-type ship. Seconds later, radio and radar contact were lost with Bole's aircraft.
Search and rescue helicopters were immediately sent to the scene and confirmed, by a fuel slick and debris, that the aircraft had crashed at sea.
No survivors were found.
Boles and Roehrich perished in the unexplained crash of their aircraft that January day in 1968.
*****************************************
.
*** Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Linden Ave. & Walnut Ave.
*** On January 18, 1968, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phanton II Fighter (F-4B) on a barrier combat air patrol around friendly surface vessels. Contact with his aircraft was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in me, your brother, sisters and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
WARREN WILLIAM BOLES - Navy - LTJG - O2
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Dec 14, 1940 - born in Salem, Mass.
From: MARBLEHEAD NECK, MA
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Susan Hellen Bunker of Beeville, Texas on Feb. 4, 1941 in Bell County,Tx. Parents: Father, Navy Capt. Warren Chandler Boles, Ret., served aboard the USS Helena and from Arnold, Maryland. His Mother, Harriet O./D. Conant Boles, Born March 20, 1911 in Mass. and Died Nov. 26, 1977 at the age of 66 yrs., of Marblehead,Mass.. Brother, George Dutton Boles, born June 26, 1939 in Mass. and died Mar.22, 2012 - FA G Memorial# 87442829.
***** ( Picture ) - This photo is of Bill (on the left) and his roommate, Gerry Billadeau, in Miller Hall on January 11, 1960.
Art Rotondi
***** Per FAG RememberMe - Hello, You did a very nice job with this memorial. Love all the info and photos. I recently stumbled across the Boles family plot in Marblehead. He's "buried" with his grandmother and aunt and uncle. If you'd like to reference this cenotaph on your cenotaph, it's # 118956449. I've already referenced yours. I also added an obit to mine. If you're able to post that to your memorial, please feel free to copy. Kind regards.
Marblehead Flier Killed in Viet Crash
Marblehead-Navy Lt. J.G. Warren W. Boles, 27, of 95 Front St., was killed in a plane crash over the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, Thursday, while on a combat mission, according to a Navy dispatch to his parents.
A jet fighter pilot, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk and had been in Vietnam Six months.
Lt. Boles was a 1958 graduate of Marblehead High School and had served in the Marine Corps until 1961. He then entered the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in 1965.
His father, Navy Capt. Warren C. Boles, Ret., served aboard the USS Helena which was sunk in action during World War II. Capt. Boles is now a civilian instructor at the Academy.
Besides his parents, he leaves his wife, Susan of Beeville, Tx. A memorial service is scheduled there tomorrow.
LTJG - O2 - Navy - Regular
Length of service 4 years
His tour began on Jan 18, 1968
Casualty was on Jan 18, 1968
In , NORTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
Panel 34E - Line 66
Other Personnel In Incident: Ronald L. Roehrich (missing)
On January 18, 1968, he and his radar intercept officer (RIO), Lt.JG Ron Roehrich launched in their F4B
Phantom fighter aircraft as the second plane of a two-plane section.
Their assigned mission was as Barrier Combat Air Patrol Mission to protect friendly air and surface units in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Boles descended through a low overcast and positively identified the contact as a non-hostile, cargo-type ship. Seconds later, radio and radar contact were lost with Bole's aircraft.
Search and rescue helicopters were immediately sent to the scene and confirmed, by a fuel slick and debris, that the aircraft had crashed at sea.
No survivors were found.
Boles and Roehrich perished in the unexplained crash of their aircraft that January day in 1968.
*****************************************
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