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BOYD JAMES YOUNGBLOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1946 – June 21, 1968
Service recordBoyd James Youngblood, of Dillard, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Dillard, Georgia (Rabun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 16
- DAVID BERNARD TAYLORCorporal · June 21, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS TIRICOSergeant · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT ZBOYOVSKIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROBERT ESCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 12
- ASTOR SCALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 15
From Dillard
- DENNIS STEWART CABESpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
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.