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JAMES BOYD EAST JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 28, 1933 – April 26, 1969
Service recordJames Boyd East JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 26, 1969, in Laos, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 53
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- JAMES R DORSEY JRStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
- GEORGE ELWOOD EATONStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.