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JOEL MELNICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1943 – May 10, 1966
Service recordJoel Melnick, of Merrick, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 44
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD BAILEYMajor · May 10, 1966
- LARKIN MCDONALD BEGGS JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE COATESPrivate · May 10, 1966
- MARVIN HOMER DAVISPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 46
- DAVID COLLIER WILLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 46
From Merrick
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM CASEYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK DUGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD KREUSCHERSergeant · November 15, 1967
- ROBERT GARY PIAZZAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
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.