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JAMES EDWARD BODDIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1931 – May 21, 1971
Service recordJames Edward Boddie, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1971; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 43
- GREGORY ALLAN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 1971
- MARCUS EUGENE ARNESONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
- VINCENT MARIO BENEDETTIPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
- RANDALL JOHN GLASSPOOLESpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BIGLEYPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 44
- DAVID BENJAMIN MATYKIEWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 46
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 47
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.