PFC JAMES P. BOYD, JR.
21st Military Police Company
Killed in the line of duty on October 31, 1973.
PFC James Boyd's watch ended while he was acting as the shift sergeant's driver when an armed
robbery occurred at a post exchange filling station. PFC Boyd and Sgt. Ralph Romero were driving down Highway 24 (Bragg Boulevard) when they encountered the suspects coming down a hill. PFC Boyd shot one of the suspects but was immediately shot and killed. It is unclear whether it was the suspect he shot that shot him or whether it was one of the other suspects. When the suspects tried to drive away in the military police jeep, Sgt. Romero who had been ordered to the ground, jumped up and fired seven shots into the back of the jeep killing at least one of the suspects.
