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JOHN LEE BOYD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – September 26, 1968
Service recordJohn Lee Boyd, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Tuong 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 42W, Line 15
- ROBERT VINSON BOLLMANSpecialist Four · September 26, 1968
- FREDERICK EARL BORCZYNSKISergeant · September 26, 1968
- ANDREW THOMAS BUKOVINSKYCorporal · September 26, 1968
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VINSON BOLLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 15
- FREDERICK EARL BORCZYNSKISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 15
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 16
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 17
- DANNY CARLTON HAYESSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 18
- LEE ROY MCELHANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 20
- JAMES RANDALL PRUETTSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- STEVEN PAUL RANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 21
- CARLTON ROSSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
- RICHARD BARRY TROTTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 25
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.