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CPL.
PETER QUIRINUS BOETS, JR.
Born
on Sept. 27, 1946
From CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA
Casualty was on May 13, 1967
in QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
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Peter
Boets
(picture courtesy of S. Wayne Gregory)
Cpl.
Peter Boetz, Jr. served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines,
India Co. He was Killed In Action during Operation UNION, May 13,
1967. His name stands proudly on the India 3/5 Wall of
Honor. His fellow Marines and FMF Corpsmen will never forget.
Semper fidelis, Brother Marine.
Operation UNION
We
served together
Peter,
Rest in Peace. You will never be forgotten by your Brothers of India
Company.
Semper
Fi!!
Jerry Bain
He only wanted to become a Marine, and an American
Peter
was a neat guy. He had one of those faces you never forget.
Red cheeks and snow white hair. Very pleasant young man who
never batted an eye about fighting for a country he hadn't
received citizenship from. He received it at the end of ITR
as I recall.
"Holland,
I miss drinking Heineken," was his reply."
"Why
are you even here," I asked.
"I
love this country and want to become a citizen, so I fight for
it."
Pete
got his citizenship papers shortly before shipping out to
Nam, and he was the happiest man in the world. Pete and I
went separate ways on assignment. I read in May of '67, in
Stars and Stripes, while sitting on a bunker in Quang Nam,
that Pete had been killed in Quang Tin. Guns, 0331. The guy
who only wanted to become a Marine, and an American.
God
Bless you, Pete.
S. WAYNE GREGORY |
Admirer
For
Corporal Boets and all those who knew him and loved him, I just want
to say thank you for your dedication and sacrifice! Please know that
you have not been forgotten and always will hold a special place in
my heart! It would have been nice to have known you as a person, and
I greatly appreciate your service! I just wish you did not have to
pay so high a price! You forever will be a hero in my eyes!
Kimberly Kimmel-Ober
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