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CHARLES BOYD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – February 15, 1969
Service recordCharles Boyd, of Durant, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Durant, Mississippi (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 36
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD BOHNSACKLieutenant Colonel · February 15, 1969
- BENJAMIN FOREST BOLDINGCorporal · February 15, 1969
- EDWARD ERLIN COX JRSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ANTHONY MONISHSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 38
From Durant
- SAMUEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
- JAMES STINGLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 31, 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.