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JOSE JULIO BOYLESS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – January 27, 1967
Service recordJose Julio Boyless, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 85
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 85
- MARVIN DALE BENNETTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- LARRY DEAN CLAYBROOKLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PHILLIP ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 84
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 84
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 87
- LEROY W PEAGLERSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 88
From Taylor
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- ALLEN JAMES LAMSSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.