Bolduc, Doran Hilaire
Navy Seaman

Doran Hilaire Bolduc, age 29, from Lacey, Washington, Thurston county.

Parents: Roland Bolduc

Service era: Cold War
Schools: North Thurston High

Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.

Source: Associated Press (1987), National Museum of the U.S. Navy