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JOE WITHERSPOON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1944 – December 5, 1969
Service recordJoe Witherspoon, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 31
- FLOYD JACKSON BANKSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1969
- FOSTER CRANMERSergeant · December 6, 1969
- ALAN DENNIS CURTISAirman First Class · December 6, 1969
- ROLLAND LEON DURFLINGERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN STANFORD OVIATTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 29
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.