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JAMES BOSTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – May 24, 1969
Service recordJames Boston JR, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 91
- FREDES VINDO MENDEZ-ORTIZPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL ODONNELLSergeant · May 23, 1969
- PHILIP WILLIAM STROUTSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD WORKMANPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALOYSIUS GILLENSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 94
- JOHN NILES MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 97
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 1967
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.