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DAVIS JAMES BOARDMAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 11, 1941 – February 1, 1968
Service recordDavis James Boardman, of Port Washington, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 48
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Port Washington, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 48
- RAYMOND LESTER CONWAYWarrant Officer 1 · February 1, 1968
- CHARLES HERMAN COOKPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR GAGNONMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 47
- WILLIAM KEITH MARCINPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 55
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- ALFREDO MEDINA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- HARRY VAN ARNAM MOSHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 57
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 59
- DORTY HINCHMAN SCOTT JRSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- JOHN FRANCIS SEVICKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- LYNN HUDSON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 61
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 61
From Port Washington
- ROBERT LOUIS ZWERLEINAirman · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLCHOWSergeant · January 23, 1968
- RICHARD HAROLD FERGUSONCorporal · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY ALDRICHFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
- FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLASpecialist Four · December 21, 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.