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JOSEPH A PURYEAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1948 – April 10, 1968
Service recordJoseph A Puryear, of Auburn, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Auburn, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 15
- RONALD PAUL SCHWORERSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- MARTIN JOHN REIDYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- LIONEL LARUE ROBINSONCorporal · April 10, 1968
- WAYNE ALBERT SLANKARDCorporal · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE CECIL COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 9
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 9
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM ELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 10
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 10
- WAYNE CLIFFORD JESTERPrivate · Panel 49E, Line 11
- BRYAN THOMAS MUKAIPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 13
- JONATHAN NEALCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 14
- JAMES ANDRES PALENIK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 14
- WAYNE ALBERT SLANKARDCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 15
From Auburn
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1967
- DONALD JAMES RYANCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RHODESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- FERDINAND W GLESSING JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS YORK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOHNSTON DUNLOPStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 19, 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.