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EDWARD JAMES BOGGESS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1946 – December 29, 1968
Service recordEdward James Boggess, of Lewiston, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Idaho (Nez Perce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 2
- AARON ANDRE BARNES JRSergeant · December 29, 1968
- LEONARD EDWARD BRADFORDCorporal · December 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LEROY BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW BUCKLEYSergeant · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANDREW BUCKLEYSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 2
From Lewiston
- RODERICK LEWIS MAYERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1965
- WILLIAM BARTON HEPBURNLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- RALPH LEE ROTTERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLAN SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 6, 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.