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JAMES EARL BOUYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – April 1, 1969
Service recordJames Earl Bouyer, of Prattville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 101
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Prattville, Alabama (Autauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 101
- DANFORTH ELLITHORPE WHITECommander · March 31, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WILSONSergeant · March 31, 1969
- LEROY IRVIN BLANKENSHIPMajor · April 1, 1969
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DEBATESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 102
- RICHARD ALLEN THURSBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 106
From Prattville
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JOSEPH MARVINPrivate · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MURFFLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JOE WILKINS SMITHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ALBERT DAVISSergeant · April 21, 1968
- WILLIAM CLYDE NORTHINGTONLance Corporal · March 4, 1969
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL SUTTLEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
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.