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CURTIS CHARLES JOOSTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1945 – March 25, 1967
Service recordCurtis Charles Joosten, of Pella, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Pella, Iowa (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 44
- ROCKWELL SELDEN HERRONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- JAMES HAMILTON HISELieutenant (junior grade) · March 25, 1967
- KENNETH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
From Pella
- PAUL JOSIAH WILSONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 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.