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JOSEPH CARL WILTSIE
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 5, 1944 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJoseph Carl Wiltsie, of Cazenovia, New York, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BLT 1 26 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- November 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Cazenovia, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “BLT 1 26 MAR 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 33
- STEPHEN EDWARD TURZILLISpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- GARY LEE WALLENPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR WATSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · May 31, 1969
From Cazenovia
- ROLAND ROBERT BELLAMYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- STEPHEN HAROLD HAIGHTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
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.