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JOSEPH CHARLES SZEKELY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1953 – April 9, 1972
Service recordJoseph Charles Szekely, of Purvis, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1972, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 135
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1953
- Home of record
- Purvis, Mississippi (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1972; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Khanh Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 135
- EDWARD CHARLES RIETSCHYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1972
- STANLEY SCOTT TILLITSONSpecialist Five · April 11, 1972
- MARVIN LYNN BISCAMPSergeant · April 12, 1972
- JOHN MICHAEL CHRISTENSENCaptain · April 13, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL BARRYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 134
- DANIEL KENT KUSHNERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 134
- JERRY DEE LAWSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 134
From Purvis
- MICHAEL LAND ROBERTSPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- LEMUEL EBB TERRELLSergeant · May 3, 1969
- ROBERT EARL GREENCorporal · May 12, 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.