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JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1942 – August 15, 1966
Service recordJohn Franklin Boyce, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 6
- JEFFREY BURTON WAGMANSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- HECTOR SANTOS ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HARRY G BRANNONSergeant · August 15, 1966
- FRED BROWN JRSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRED BROWN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 6
- HENRY BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 7
- BOBBY J COFFELTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 7
- WILLIAM MARK CROYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 7
- MICHAEL C DUNDASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10E, Line 7
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 8
- KENNETH HAWSEYFirst Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 8
- SANFORD LEVON JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 9
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- DONALD L SUMMERSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLORMajor · Panel 10E, Line 11
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 12
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 2, 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.