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SAM HENRY BOYD
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – May 28, 1968
Service recordSam Henry Boyd, of Ft Mill, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Mill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 64W, Line 5
- STEVEN DEWITT BAKERCorporal · May 28, 1968
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BARDETPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BARRY GEORGE BARTLESergeant · May 28, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
From Ft Mill
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 1971
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.