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CURTIS BOARDMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – May 20, 1970
Service recordCurtis Boardman, of Paragonah, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 68
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Paragonah, Utah (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 68
- CRAIG MARTIN YANCEYPrivate · May 19, 1970
- ROBERT EMMET CAINCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOSEPH ARTHUR CARDENASSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- JACKIE LEWIS FORDCorporal · May 20, 1970
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.