Leonard L. Boswell Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Leonard L. Boswell

State of Birth:

MO

Home State:

IA

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

War or Conflict:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1956-1976

Entrance into Service:

Drafted

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

250th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion; Headquarters, 3rd Army Missile Command; Headquarters Battery, 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 28th Field Artillery

Location of Service:

Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Wolters and Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Germany; Fort Riley, Kansas; Ban Me Thuot, Pleiku, Soc Trang, and Can Tho, Vietnam; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Lisbon, Portugal; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Highest Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

Veteran also served in the Headquarters Battery, 3rd Howitzer Battalion, 30th Field Artillery; Combat Support Flight and Aerial Survey Platoon and Headquarters Company, 8th Aviation Company, 8th Infantry Division; 1st Infantry Division; Company A, 1st Aviation Battalion; A Company and Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade; Headquarters Company, 307th Combat Aviation Battalion, 164th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade; Commander, 336th Assault Helicopter Company; Battalion Commander, 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team; and 155th Aviation Company. Veteran served two one-year tours of duty as an assault helicopter pilot in Vietnam.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: MiniDV [4 items] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Biographical information [3 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Printed matter [14 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Regimental/unit histories [9 items] --Typewritten document

Computer File: CD [1 item] --Electronic file of manuscript material

Video: DVD [2 items] --Reference copy

Interviewer:

Edwin Perry

Contributor:

Leonard Boswell

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/11908

Subjects:

Boswell, Leonard L.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Leonard L. Boswell Collection
(AFC/2001/001/11908), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress