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JAMES PATRICK BOYLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1939 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJames Patrick Boyle, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 26
- CHARLES ERVIN ALLENLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- JAMES CLINTON BRYANTPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- TOMMIE ALLEN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- LARRY LEE CHAPMANSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 28
- THOMAS JAY HAYES IVCaptain · Panel 50E, Line 29
- GEORGE ALEX HUDSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 29
- ROBERT FRANK SERIOCaptain · Panel 50E, Line 33
- HOWARD C WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 35
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.