HONORED ON PANEL 58W, LINE 17 OF THE WALL
WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJE
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WILLIAM W BOETJE
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LEFT FOR WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJE
POSTED ON 7.16.2024
POSTED BY: DENNIS MORGAN
this makes me sad
i did not know him, but i knew the name. we loved boetje's mustard. my mother would not have anything else. we lived on 12st street in rock island a few blocks from their building. i saw it all the time. i am two years older than him and went to alleman high school. i graduated from college about the same time he got killed so at that time was not even remotely thinking about what he was going through. i will make this comment about his picture somewhere in Vietnam. he looked happy and fulfilled like he was doing something manly and important. i know this feeling. i know the look in the picture because i often had this feeling when i was in Vietnam two years later.. the big difference being he was killed and i was not. and let me tell you, no i can not tell you. he is gone. so young i am still here so old. i saw a lot of sunsets; climbed a lot on mountains; knew a lot of women; had three kids; and made a lot of money. he missed all of that and more. people missed him. so sad he would have done fine and had a happy life in rock island. i would have like to have been his friend.
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POSTED ON 6.26.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your high school friend Frank is especially poignant. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....
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POSTED ON 9.1.2020
POSTED BY: Carl F.
Service
That photo above is of Bill at LZ Brillo Pad....RIP Bill....
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POSTED ON 7.23.2019
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans
Specialist Four William Wayne Boetje, Served with Company D, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.
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