Killed in action was Marine Lance Cpl. John
M. Boyce, whose wife Roseanna, lives in Central Point. Mrs. Boyce said her
husband was killed 2 March 1968 by small arms fire while serving with
the Third Marines in Quang Tri Province. (The Oregonian, Portland OR,
13 March 1968)
Funeral Tuesday for Cpl. Boyce
Funeral services for Marine
Lance Cpl John Merton Boyce, 20, who died 2 March 1968 in Vietnam, will
be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hillcrest Memorial Chapel on the North
Phoenix Road. The Rev. Richard Ralls of the Country Church on Table Rock
Road will officiate. Committal will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, with
Conger-Morris Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. Military
honors will be provided by the staff of the Inspector Instructor of B
Company, 10th Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Corps Division, U.S. Marine
Corps Reserve, Eugene. Cpl. Boyce was born 16 October 1947, in Portland, and
had lived in Southern Oregon most of his life, graduating from Crater
High School in 1966. He was married 12 January 1968 to Roseanna
Sprinkle, who survivors... Other survivors include a sister, Marian Atkinson,
Newberg OR; his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cranston, Central
Point; three foster brothers, Marine Lance Cpl. James Cranston, Okinawa,
Donald Cranston, Central Point, and Larry Cranston, Porterville CA; and
a foster sister, Mrs. Bill Weddle, Medford. (Medford Mail Tribune,
Medford OR, 18 March 1968)
42EAST - 27 - Unit CO K 3/1ST MAR 9TH MAB 3D MAR - Quang Tri S.
Vietnam - Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
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