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JOSEPH BLAIS RUSS
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1929 – May 6, 1966
Service recordJoseph Blais Russ, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MORTAR BTRY 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 5, 1929
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 36
- JOSEPH H REIDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- RAYMOND PAUL SCHWESINGERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.