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JOSEPH DEWEY DAIGLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1943 – October 13, 1967
Service recordJoseph Dewey Daigle, of Marrero, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Marrero, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 99
- GARY DEAN BYRDStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- LEONARD WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOEL HENRY CHAPINPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JOHN LEONARD EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GUY LESTER BELLEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 98
- GARY DEAN BYRDStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 99
- JOHN LEONARD EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 99
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · Panel 27E, Line 101
- JAMES PAUL PURKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 103
From Marrero
- GARY JAMES ARDENEAUXPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- DAVE MARTIN BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- DAVID LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GLENN JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- CLARENCE JOSEPH BABIN JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- ARTHUR JUSTILIEN MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · June 11, 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.