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EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
August 26, 1923 – April 1, 1968
Service recordEdward Allen Boardman, of Pasadena, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 29
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ammunition Supply Officer (4514)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 26, 1923
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 29
- JOHN FOREMAN PEEKPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENNETH RICHARD YANTISCorporal · March 31, 1968
- FRANKLIN DELANO AUDILETWarrant Officer 1 · April 1, 1968
- JOHN HILTON BLALOCKCaptain · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HILTON BLALOCKCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 29
- GEORGE ARTHUR FISCHERCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 31
From Pasadena
- GORDON JAMES DEITZ JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- DONALD ERNEST JONESPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 9, 1968
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- BOBBY DALE ROGERSLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- HARRY NELSON STONESIFERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HARPLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 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.