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DAVID LEONARD BOGGS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – December 27, 1967
Service recordDavid Leonard Boggs, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 69
- JOHN PAUL BARSCHSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- CALVIN WEBB BILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate · December 27, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL BROZSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BINKOPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 68
- WILLIAM ARNOLD CASONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 70
- JOHNSON MINNITEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 79
- OSSIE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 80
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.