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DONNIE REX BOGGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1950 – April 26, 1970
Service recordDonnie Rex Boggs, of Walnut Grove, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 54
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
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 585 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Walnut Grove, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 54
- PETER KESTUTIS BOYEVCaptain · April 26, 1970
- TONY CLOUGHFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1970
- RANDALL LEWIS CRABTREESpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- ERNEST LEROY THORSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
From Walnut Grove
- ROBERT RAY HAYNIEChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 30, 1968
- CHAUNCEY IKE HALLStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
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.