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DAVID LOUIS JOLIET
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – October 15, 1969
Service recordDavid Louis Joliet, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 83
- BEN CALHOUN WARDPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BOOTHMajor · October 16, 1969
- JIMMIE DONOVAN BROWNSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEE DWYER JRLance Corporal · October 16, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 1969
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.