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JOSEPH AUSTIN HADLEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – December 2, 1968
Service recordJoseph Austin Hadley, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 26
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 26
- FRANCIS PATTON TRUANCESpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST VANBARRIGERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM MATTHEW WEBBPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- VICTOR BARRY WEISSMANFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE MARRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 20
- BENNY ROSS GUYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 20
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.