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JOSEPH CLERMAN WIAR JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordJoseph Clerman Wiar JR, of Harper Woods, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Harper Woods, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 77
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- PAUL HENLEY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- MICHAEL LANCE WILSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
From Harper Woods
- BARRY FRANK ANDERSENPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHULTZ JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN CROMIEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1968
- PAUL DAVID MANNEROWLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
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.