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JOE TRAVIS RUSSELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – October 9, 1968
Service recordJoe Travis Russell, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 37
- PAUL MICHAEL KOLENDAPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JERRY DEAN PIERCESpecialist Four · October 9, 1968
- GARY HOLDEN SMITHLance Corporal · October 9, 1968
- RAYMOND JOHN STEVENSLance Corporal · October 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ARNOLDCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 34
- FRANCISCO HERRERA OLEACorporal · Panel 41W, Line 36
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.