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JOSEPH ARCHULETA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1943 – September 25, 1967
Service recordJoseph Archuleta, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 8
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 8
- KENNETH LEON TURNERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ABRAHAM WOODSPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES ARCHERPetty Officer Second Class · September 25, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID BOLDTPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 9
- RICHARD DEE HENREYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 10
- JAMES PAUL MCLAUGHLINSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 10
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 13
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 14
From Las Vegas
- GEORGE W ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- LARRY DOUGLAS HOLLEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- HENRY LEROY TEJADAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- MICHAEL RANDALL EARLChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 27, 1969
- JERRY FLORESSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
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.