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JIMMIE WAYNE BOGGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – September 10, 1968
Service recordJimmie Wayne Boggs, of Marlow, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Marlow, Oklahoma (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 14
- JESSE LOUIS BARKLEYPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS MELVIN BINAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- ARTHUR BAILEY BOWMAN JRLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WILLIAM BYRNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 15
- BERNIE ROSALES JRCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 19
- DENNIS WILLIAM WEARPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 20
From Marlow
- RONALD ALLEN SEHESTEDFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 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.