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JIMMY DALE BOUDREAUX
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1949 – October 26, 1969
Service recordJimmy Dale Boudreaux, of Picayune, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 119
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Picayune, Mississippi (Pearl River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 119
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- JOHN WILLARD BEITLICHSpecialist Four · October 26, 1969
- CALVIN BLANTON JRLance Corporal · October 26, 1969
- NEIL STANLEY BYNUMCaptain · October 26, 1969
From Picayune
- KENNETH LEVON HENDRIXSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MCLAURINStaff Sergeant · October 9, 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.