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JOE LONG
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1935 – February 27, 1970
Service recordJoe Long, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 63
- JOHNNY JOE GALLARDOSergeant · February 27, 1970
- RAYMOND CURTIS HETZLERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN LARSONCorporal · February 27, 1970
- HOWARD LEWIS LUCAS JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.