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JAMES ROBERT BOLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1944 – February 24, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Boland, of West Orange, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 70
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1944
- Home of record
- West Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 70
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- WILLIE A COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JAMES RICHARD FOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 71
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- FLEMMON PAUL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 71
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 72
- THOMAS EDWARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 73
- GEORGE ALLEN MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 73
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 74
- BENNIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CECIL Y WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 75
- CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELDPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 75
- ODELL ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 76
- TOMMIE LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 76
From West Orange
- CHARLES DANIEL PIZZIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- GERALD LOUIS DEROSEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- PETER FRANK KOVACHPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · September 12, 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.