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JOSEPH DONAT NOEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – January 14, 1967
Service recordJoseph Donat Noel, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 29
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 29
- ROBERT JEROME MEYERLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- ARTHUR ALEN OBRIENLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PAINTERPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
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.