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JOSEPH CHARLES CHISHOLM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1944 – May 12, 1969
Service recordJoseph Charles Chisholm, of Union Lake, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Union Lake, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 64
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · May 12, 1969
- DONALD JAMES COOKLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- GARY ALLEN CORRIEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT LE RHEA COWAN IIISergeant · May 12, 1969
From Union Lake
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL CAINPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEO TAFFEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · June 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 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.