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JAMES ALLEN BOOTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1948 – November 13, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Boots, of Oroville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 59
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
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Oroville, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 59
- LOREN EUGENE ENGSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · November 13, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD EPLINStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- DENNIS GORDON HANSONPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT BOGARTSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 57
- FREDERICK M GILSINGER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 59
- ROBERT RAYMOND RADESPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 62
From Oroville
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVE ILLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 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.