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JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1948 – January 20, 1969
Service recordJames Franklin Boyce, of Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 41
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Plainfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 41
- THOMAS ALLEN FOREMANCorporal · January 20, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- JIMMY LEON GREENSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED MAURO QUIROZCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 43
From Plainfield
- EDWARD KNELL KISSAM JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RODNEY ALVIN JAMESPrivate · July 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY IIILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- LUDWIG GEORGE BAUMANNMajor · January 30, 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.