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JOE L WARE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJoe L Ware, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 14
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1945
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 14
- DANIEL JOHN TABABOO JRCorporal · May 12, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM VANBLARCOMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- DARRELL VERNON VANCESpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.