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JAMES ALAN BOYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1947 – August 2, 1970
Service recordJames Alan Boyer, of Kansas, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas, Illinois (Edgar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 76
- ANTON JOHN SCHOEPKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 1, 1970
- PERRY GRAY BLACKCorporal · August 2, 1970
- GEORGE W CHARTERS JRSpecialist Five · August 2, 1970
- JOE HUGH FULGHAMSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 77
From Kansas
- JAMES LAWRENCE RHODESFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 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.