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JOEL DAVID WOLFE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – November 27, 1968
Service recordJoel David Wolfe, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 81
- CHARLES DAVID MILLERCaptain · November 26, 1968
- LONNIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- JOE IRVIN WOODCorporal · November 27, 1968
- RODNEY BIRDELL YARDLEYSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- JIMMY JOHN LACOSSEPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 70
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 71
- DENNIS JAMES FETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 73
- WILLIAM GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 74
- WILSON FITZGERALD HALLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 74
- BILLY CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 74
- ERIC DORAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 75
- JOE ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 75
- BOOKER T LOFTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 75
- MALCOLM EUGENE LOMAXPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 76
- VINCENT LEO MAGERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 76
- DONALD STEPHEN MIHORDINSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 77
- MICHAEL GRAMBLING PARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 77
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 78
- JOHN ROGER RYAN JRCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 78
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 79
- LONNIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 81
- JOE IRVIN WOODCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 81
- RODNEY BIRDELL YARDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 81
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.