PFC Jimmy Floyd Boren, the son of Herbert Floyd and Mildred Louise Oliver Boren, was born Dec 8, 1946 in Hickman County, TN. The family later moved to Trigg Co. when he was a small boy. He enlisted in the Army on Dec.17,1963. His basic training was held at Fort Benning, GA. He was assigned to Co.A, 1st. BN,5th Cav.,1st Cav. Div.
He commenced his tour of duty in Vietnam on Aug 16, 1965. While there his company was attached to the 2nd BN.,7th Cav. At X-RAY, one of the landing zones where the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley was fought. Jimmy was killed on November 17,1965.
Specialist Four Jack P. Smith, a supply clerk with Co.C, described the battle this way: "There were over 100 North Vietnamese snipers tied in the trees above us, so we learned later, way above us in the top branches. The firing kept increasing. We crouched and ran right toward what we thought was the landing zone. All of a sudden, all the snipers opened up with automatic weapons. There were PAVN (Peoples Army of North Vietnam)with machineguns hidden behind every anthill. The noise was deafening. Then the men started dropping. It was unbelievable. I knelt there staring as at least 20 men dropped within a few seconds." This account was written in the book entitled "We Were Soldiers Once....And Young." This book was made into a movie and released in December 2001.
Jimmy joined the Army to as he put it, "to make something of himself," and I am sure he died a brave soldier. This was accomplished before he reached his 18th birthday. He was laid to rest in the Boren Cemetery in Trigg County, KY on December 9, 1965, the day after his 19th birthday.
Jimmy has one brother, Bobby Boren, who lives in Trigg Co. He and his wife, Brenda have two children, Stacy and Jay.
"Rest in Peace" Jimmy.
Submitted by S. Faris and Lois Rundle
Trigg Co Veterans Book
2002
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Kentucky New Era front page story posted 23 Nov 1965 reads as follows:
TRIGG SOLDIER DIES IN BATTLE
Pfc. Jimmy F. Boren, 18, of Trigg County, has been killed in action in the Vietnam fighting, according to an announcement today from the Defense Department in Washington.
Boren, the son of Mrs. Clayton Dunn, Trigg County, was killed last Wednesday when hit by ambush while fighting with the 1st Cavalry Division, according to information received by his family.
The young soldier had been stationed in South Vietnam since last July. He had served nearly two years in the Army.
His father, Herbert Floyd Boren, died in 1957. He has a brother, Bobby Boren, who is a sophomore at Trigg County High School, Cadiz. His mother is the former Mildred Oliver of Trigg County.
The body will be returned to Cadiz for funeral and burial, but arrangements are incomplete.
Boren, who would have had his 19th birthday on Dec. 8, is the first Vietnam casualty from the Hopkinsville area.
The Defense Department announcement included 85 soldiers killed in action, the largest single casualty list in the Vietnam fighting.
He commenced his tour of duty in Vietnam on Aug 16, 1965. While there his company was attached to the 2nd BN.,7th Cav. At X-RAY, one of the landing zones where the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley was fought. Jimmy was killed on November 17,1965.
Specialist Four Jack P. Smith, a supply clerk with Co.C, described the battle this way: "There were over 100 North Vietnamese snipers tied in the trees above us, so we learned later, way above us in the top branches. The firing kept increasing. We crouched and ran right toward what we thought was the landing zone. All of a sudden, all the snipers opened up with automatic weapons. There were PAVN (Peoples Army of North Vietnam)with machineguns hidden behind every anthill. The noise was deafening. Then the men started dropping. It was unbelievable. I knelt there staring as at least 20 men dropped within a few seconds." This account was written in the book entitled "We Were Soldiers Once....And Young." This book was made into a movie and released in December 2001.
Jimmy joined the Army to as he put it, "to make something of himself," and I am sure he died a brave soldier. This was accomplished before he reached his 18th birthday. He was laid to rest in the Boren Cemetery in Trigg County, KY on December 9, 1965, the day after his 19th birthday.
Jimmy has one brother, Bobby Boren, who lives in Trigg Co. He and his wife, Brenda have two children, Stacy and Jay.
"Rest in Peace" Jimmy.
Submitted by S. Faris and Lois Rundle
Trigg Co Veterans Book
2002
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Kentucky New Era front page story posted 23 Nov 1965 reads as follows:
TRIGG SOLDIER DIES IN BATTLE
Pfc. Jimmy F. Boren, 18, of Trigg County, has been killed in action in the Vietnam fighting, according to an announcement today from the Defense Department in Washington.
Boren, the son of Mrs. Clayton Dunn, Trigg County, was killed last Wednesday when hit by ambush while fighting with the 1st Cavalry Division, according to information received by his family.
The young soldier had been stationed in South Vietnam since last July. He had served nearly two years in the Army.
His father, Herbert Floyd Boren, died in 1957. He has a brother, Bobby Boren, who is a sophomore at Trigg County High School, Cadiz. His mother is the former Mildred Oliver of Trigg County.
The body will be returned to Cadiz for funeral and burial, but arrangements are incomplete.
Boren, who would have had his 19th birthday on Dec. 8, is the first Vietnam casualty from the Hopkinsville area.
The Defense Department announcement included 85 soldiers killed in action, the largest single casualty list in the Vietnam fighting.
PFC Jimmy Floyd Boren, the son of Herbert Floyd and Mildred Louise Oliver Boren, was born Dec 8, 1946 in Hickman County, TN. The family later moved to Trigg Co. when he was a small boy. He enlisted in the Army on Dec.17,1963. His basic training was held at Fort Benning, GA. He was assigned to Co.A, 1st. BN,5th Cav.,1st Cav. Div.
He commenced his tour of duty in Vietnam on Aug 16, 1965. While there his company was attached to the 2nd BN.,7th Cav. At X-RAY, one of the landing zones where the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley was fought. Jimmy was killed on November 17,1965.
Specialist Four Jack P. Smith, a supply clerk with Co.C, described the battle this way: "There were over 100 North Vietnamese snipers tied in the trees above us, so we learned later, way above us in the top branches. The firing kept increasing. We crouched and ran right toward what we thought was the landing zone. All of a sudden, all the snipers opened up with automatic weapons. There were PAVN (Peoples Army of North Vietnam)with machineguns hidden behind every anthill. The noise was deafening. Then the men started dropping. It was unbelievable. I knelt there staring as at least 20 men dropped within a few seconds." This account was written in the book entitled "We Were Soldiers Once....And Young." This book was made into a movie and released in December 2001.
Jimmy joined the Army to as he put it, "to make something of himself," and I am sure he died a brave soldier. This was accomplished before he reached his 18th birthday. He was laid to rest in the Boren Cemetery in Trigg County, KY on December 9, 1965, the day after his 19th birthday.
Jimmy has one brother, Bobby Boren, who lives in Trigg Co. He and his wife, Brenda have two children, Stacy and Jay.
"Rest in Peace" Jimmy.
Submitted by S. Faris and Lois Rundle
Trigg Co Veterans Book
2002
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Kentucky New Era front page story posted 23 Nov 1965 reads as follows:
TRIGG SOLDIER DIES IN BATTLE
Pfc. Jimmy F. Boren, 18, of Trigg County, has been killed in action in the Vietnam fighting, according to an announcement today from the Defense Department in Washington.
Boren, the son of Mrs. Clayton Dunn, Trigg County, was killed last Wednesday when hit by ambush while fighting with the 1st Cavalry Division, according to information received by his family.
The young soldier had been stationed in South Vietnam since last July. He had served nearly two years in the Army.
His father, Herbert Floyd Boren, died in 1957. He has a brother, Bobby Boren, who is a sophomore at Trigg County High School, Cadiz. His mother is the former Mildred Oliver of Trigg County.
The body will be returned to Cadiz for funeral and burial, but arrangements are incomplete.
Boren, who would have had his 19th birthday on Dec. 8, is the first Vietnam casualty from the Hopkinsville area.
The Defense Department announcement included 85 soldiers killed in action, the largest single casualty list in the Vietnam fighting.
He commenced his tour of duty in Vietnam on Aug 16, 1965. While there his company was attached to the 2nd BN.,7th Cav. At X-RAY, one of the landing zones where the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley was fought. Jimmy was killed on November 17,1965.
Specialist Four Jack P. Smith, a supply clerk with Co.C, described the battle this way: "There were over 100 North Vietnamese snipers tied in the trees above us, so we learned later, way above us in the top branches. The firing kept increasing. We crouched and ran right toward what we thought was the landing zone. All of a sudden, all the snipers opened up with automatic weapons. There were PAVN (Peoples Army of North Vietnam)with machineguns hidden behind every anthill. The noise was deafening. Then the men started dropping. It was unbelievable. I knelt there staring as at least 20 men dropped within a few seconds." This account was written in the book entitled "We Were Soldiers Once....And Young." This book was made into a movie and released in December 2001.
Jimmy joined the Army to as he put it, "to make something of himself," and I am sure he died a brave soldier. This was accomplished before he reached his 18th birthday. He was laid to rest in the Boren Cemetery in Trigg County, KY on December 9, 1965, the day after his 19th birthday.
Jimmy has one brother, Bobby Boren, who lives in Trigg Co. He and his wife, Brenda have two children, Stacy and Jay.
"Rest in Peace" Jimmy.
Submitted by S. Faris and Lois Rundle
Trigg Co Veterans Book
2002
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Kentucky New Era front page story posted 23 Nov 1965 reads as follows:
TRIGG SOLDIER DIES IN BATTLE
Pfc. Jimmy F. Boren, 18, of Trigg County, has been killed in action in the Vietnam fighting, according to an announcement today from the Defense Department in Washington.
Boren, the son of Mrs. Clayton Dunn, Trigg County, was killed last Wednesday when hit by ambush while fighting with the 1st Cavalry Division, according to information received by his family.
The young soldier had been stationed in South Vietnam since last July. He had served nearly two years in the Army.
His father, Herbert Floyd Boren, died in 1957. He has a brother, Bobby Boren, who is a sophomore at Trigg County High School, Cadiz. His mother is the former Mildred Oliver of Trigg County.
The body will be returned to Cadiz for funeral and burial, but arrangements are incomplete.
Boren, who would have had his 19th birthday on Dec. 8, is the first Vietnam casualty from the Hopkinsville area.
The Defense Department announcement included 85 soldiers killed in action, the largest single casualty list in the Vietnam fighting.
