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JOSEPH B OLIPHANT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – February 25, 1969
Service recordJoseph B Oliphant JR, of Ventnor City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Ventnor City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31W, Line 54
- ROBERT ALAN MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID MORGANCorporal · February 25, 1969
- FRED LAYTON RICARD JRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR WAYNE BARTLETT SRSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 42
- MARTIN T BATCHELOR JRSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 43
- ARTHUR LEE ANDREWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 48
- RUSSELL JAMES HOLLANDCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 49
- RICHARD LOUIS LANCTOTSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 52
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 60
From Ventnor City
- ROLF FRED LENZSCHStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1967
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.