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JAMES IRVIN BOYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1943 – September 16, 1965
Service recordJames Irvin Boyer, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 83
- ROBERT ORME FRANKLINSpecialist Five · September 14, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS KEARNSLieutenant Commander · September 14, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- NEIL BROOKS TAYLORLieutenant (junior grade) · September 14, 1965
- BERNARD JAFFESergeant First Class · September 15, 1965
From Lebanon
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
- CARL THOMAS BAALSpecialist Five · November 9, 1965
- RICHARD SAMUEL MOHNCorporal · July 16, 1966
- GARY WAYNE FRIEDMANNSeaman · March 11, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · August 10, 1968
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.