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JOSEPH BERNARD KUBE
Captain · U.S. Army
July 2, 1936 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJoseph Bernard Kube, of Warrens, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 51
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Warrens, Wisconsin (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 51
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · April 3, 1968
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE ZACHSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 54
- WILLIE SHELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 55
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.