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JOHN ALEX BOYLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 15, 1950 – January 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Alex Boyle, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 83
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Idaho Falls, Idaho (Bonneville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 83
- CHARLES DOUGLAS DRYSDALEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- RUSSELL LLOYD EQUISecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- WILLARD JAMES EVANSSergeant · January 26, 1969
- JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGANPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 84
- MICHAEL RONALD MICHELSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 86
- WILLIAM RICHARD MOHRHAUSERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 86
- WILLIAM DONALD MURRAY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 87
- DAVID CLYDE RUSHSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 88
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 89
From Idaho Falls
- LARRY C THORNTONChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- LARRY DALE DEFILIPPISLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ARLO FRANK BROWNSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LLOYD PRIESTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- CLAYTON ARTHUR MARTINSpecialist Four · October 16, 1967
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- DAN ROSS MOORELance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- THOMAS OLIVER AHLBERGSergeant · May 4, 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.