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HARRY JAMES BOSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1943 – January 15, 1968
Service recordHarry James Boston, of Conover, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 51
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Conover, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34E, Line 51
- BOBBY KENNETH ALLENSpecialist Five · January 15, 1968
- STEPHEN PETER BARKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- BRIAN THOMAS CADYSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN THOMAS CADYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 51
- KENNETH RALPH HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 53
- CHARLES WILLIAM IRBYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 54
- ERNEST TYRONE MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 34E, Line 54
- THOMAS ROGER WATTSSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 55
- RICHARD HAROLD WALKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 56
From Conover
- REGINALD ALLAN MUNDYFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1967
- CHARLES AVERY DELLINGERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROGER PRESBORN KELLERPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- VERNON EUGENE LAIL JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.