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JOE LOUIS EMERY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1949 – December 27, 1968
Service recordJoe Louis Emery, of Leavenworth, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 80
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Maintenance Specialist (55C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Leavenworth, Kansas (Leavenworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 80
- DAVID ALFRED VICARIOSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · December 27, 1968
- EDMUND VICTOR CUDNIKPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- DARYL LEE ENGLISHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
From Leavenworth
- MURVIN SCHALIPP JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- EDDIE RAY DERRITTCorporal · May 3, 1966
- GARY DEAN LITTLESpecialist Five · July 8, 1967
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- RAYMOND HORACE PIKE JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · January 31, 1968
- HARRY IVAN FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- HAROLD KENNETH RINGFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1969
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · March 10, 1970
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.