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JOSEPH CYRIL MISSAR JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1943 – May 6, 1966
Service recordJoseph Cyril Missar JR, of Towson, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 35
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Towson, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
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 35
- ELMER FRANKLIN POWELLPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- HARVEY WILLIAM PRATERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN H REGOStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
From Towson
- ALBERT LEWIS BARTHELME JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 15, 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.