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JOE ALAN WHITBY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1944 – March 5, 1967
Service recordJoe Alan Whitby, of Pasco, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Pasco, Washington (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; 12 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 16E, Line 25
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RICHARD HISAO TOMALance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
From Pasco
- GUY FRANKLIN BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- DUANE ROGER COTTINGHAMLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- JOHN JEREMIAH TILLPrivate · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JASPER H TRUSLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DAVID RAYMOND BRUCELance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · May 8, 1970
- GARY WAYNE COKLEYSergeant · November 2, 1970
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 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.