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LEE JOSEPH BOUDREAUX JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1935 – December 2, 1966
Service recordLee Joseph Boudreaux JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1966, in Laos, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1935
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 3
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- HARVE EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- TITUS LEVEN BURGESSPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS CHERRYPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BODZICKSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 2
- DONALD HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13E, Line 5
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.