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JOE B OJEDA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – December 9, 1969
Service recordJoe B Ojeda, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 43
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 43
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANESpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- JOSEPH HOWARD OBMANSpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- REGGINALD WILLIAM PLUMMERStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1969
- DALE ALLEN SCHEPPLance Corporal · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL SUMLINPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 44
- ROBERT JOHN SWEDENBURGSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 44
- CHARLES STANLEY TARBERTCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 44
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.