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- 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.
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- 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
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