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JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – September 17, 1969
Service recordJoseph Anthony Servantez, of Inkster, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 101
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Inkster, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 101
- EDDIE NELSON CORSINOLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- DALE J CRITTENBERGERColonel · September 17, 1969
- GARY JAMES DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN DENTONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 105
From Inkster
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- JAMES MCMURRAY MCLEANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- JOSEPH BONNERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- HOWARD JOSEPH MANERPetty Officer First Class · June 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTONSergeant · March 20, 1970
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.