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JOSEF S HUWYLER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 12, 1942 – October 21, 1965
Service recordJosef S Huwyler, of Watertown, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 128
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Watertown, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 128
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS RACINESpecialist Five · October 20, 1965
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 2E, Line 129
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 129
From Watertown
- SAMUEL HENRY GRAHAM IISergeant · April 27, 1966
- PETER WILLIAM BOORASPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- JOHN STEPHEN SAYERFirst Lieutenant · December 10, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS MARTINLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM JEFFREY MULDOVANLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- JAMES HENRY JESSMANPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES KELLOGGLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · September 28, 1968
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · December 31, 1968
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.