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JOSEPH BERNARD HORSMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – March 25, 1970
Service recordJoseph Bernard Horsman, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 42
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 42
- TOBY RICHARD GRITZFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- HAROLD JAMES HARTWELLPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEO HAYESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- KENNETH HARRY HEITMANNSergeant · March 25, 1970
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.