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JAMES ROBERT BOYLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1949 – December 30, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Boyle, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 8
- GARY WILLIAM BOUGHNERSpecialist Four · December 30, 1968
- ELTON BRADLEY COLLINSCorporal · December 30, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD COUCHSergeant · December 30, 1968
- ALLEN STEARNS FARNHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER CURTIS BLACK JRCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 7
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.