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JOE RAY WHITTED
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1946 – May 15, 1968
Service recordJoe Ray Whitted, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 5
- RONALD LEE WIGFIELDPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- MELVIN ALVIN WILDMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LAWRENCE GORIC ZIEGLERGunnery Sergeant · May 15, 1968
- MILTON GAY CLAYBORNELance Corporal · May 16, 1968
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 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.