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JOE ALMEIDA JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – May 10, 1969
Service recordJoe Almeida JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 34
- JAMES CLINTON WARDCorporal · May 9, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- OSCAR LEE WHEELERPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT ALLAN WHITTLECorporal · May 9, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EARL BOWMANCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 35
- NICHOLAS FRANK CERRATOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 37
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.