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JOEL CHARLES KERVIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – May 3, 1967
Service recordJoel Charles Kervin, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 27
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE KOENIGLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROY NANCE MANNSSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 21
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 26
- GARY NOBORU KAWAMURAPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 28
- JULIO A TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 33
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.