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ERNEST BOYD JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1947 – May 29, 1968
Service recordErnest Boyd JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 3
- ANANIAS BOYDSergeant · May 29, 1968
- GARY ANTHONY BRECKPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSergeant · May 29, 1968
- LAURENCE CURTIS CAPLANSergeant · May 29, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.