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JOE MACIAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1948 – January 11, 1969
Service recordJoe Macias, of Greenville, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 72
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, Texas (Hunt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 72
- THOMAS CHARLES MANNSergeant · January 11, 1969
- DARRELL EDWIN MILLERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT PORTER JRStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY TAYLOR CLARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 69
- JOHN THOMAS HINESPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 71
- MATTHEW WINSTON THORNTONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 73
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 74
From Greenville
- CECIL J HODGSONMaster Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHARLES ALVIN CRUMPCorporal · May 26, 1967
- DARREL GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
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.