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JOSEF HEMER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – November 14, 1967
Service recordJosef Hemer, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 94
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW CRABTREEMajor · November 14, 1967
- JAMES PERRY CRYSTER IIISergeant · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD DOUGLAS JRCorporal · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KOVALCSIKCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 93
- JAMES PERRY CRYSTER IIISergeant · Panel 29E, Line 94
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 95
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 97
- STEPHEN H THORNTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 98
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.