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JOSEF PAUL INTIHAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1948 – August 24, 1968
Service recordJosef Paul Intihar, of Wickliffe, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Wickliffe, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 3
- THOMAS FRANKLIN HERKINSSergeant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN HIMLERCaptain · August 24, 1968
- LESLIE EDMUND HINES IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HUGHESCorporal · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 59
- DONALD PATRICK CALDWELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 59
- RICHARD PAUL CAZINPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 1
- RANDALL SCOTT FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 1
- JAMES T GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 2
- KURT KARL JOBST JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- LEWIS KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- PETER FRANK KOVACHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 5
- FRANK JAY LACEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 5
- RICHARD ANTHONY PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 7
- DAVID NILSSON RASMUSSENSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 7
- JAMES EDGAR SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 8
- BILLY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 8
- RAYMOND PAUL SPINLERSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 9
- JAMES WALLERPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 10
- RICHARD ALEXANDRA WARESpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 10
From Wickliffe
- ROBERT JAMES JINDRASpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- SALVATORE CARMELO INSANASergeant First Class · July 22, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HILLIARDMaster Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- FRANK SHARTZ JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- FIELDING W FEATHERSTON IIICaptain · December 30, 1969
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.