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IRA C BOGGS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1943 – February 14, 1966
Service recordIra C Boggs JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 31
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- WILLIAM STUART RIESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- ALLEN JAMES AVERYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH BOYLESeaman · February 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 31
- BOBBY JOE BRASWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- GARRY COYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 32
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS GAMBRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- GEORGE E HAYESSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 34
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 34
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 35
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 36
- TERRY JOE REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 37
- WATSON WILLISSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 37
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.