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BOYD CANFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – August 28, 1968
Service recordBoyd Canfield, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 47
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 47
- CHARLES DON CHAMPIONCorporal · August 28, 1968
- ARLIN DARRELL COLLINSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- BOBBY CECIL COVERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1968
- BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARSSergeant · August 28, 1968
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.