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JOHNNY B BOSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 15, 1946 – April 3, 1966
Service recordJohnny B Boston, of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 79
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Rolling Fork, Mississippi (Sharkey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 79
- RALPH MAURICE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- RICHARD HUGH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DONALD EARL YOUNGLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- LEO MICHAEL DONKERMajor · April 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 80
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 81
- LARRY J NICHOLSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 81
- HAMP JUROME SYKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 82
From Rolling Fork
- CLYDE J PERKINSFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- GEORGE F WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
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.