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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joseph Andre Lhuillier.

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JOSEPH ANDRE LHUILLIER

Captain · U.S. Air Force

December 29, 1938 – July 25, 1968

Service record

Joseph Andre Lhuillier, of Grand Island, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 50W · Line 7

Position of Panel 50W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
December 29, 1938
Home of record
Grand Island, New York (Erie County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 25, 1968
Age
29
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 50W, Line 7

From Grand Island

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.