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JOSEPH DUANE CASLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – October 28, 1970
Service recordJoseph Duane Casler, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 25
- BOBBY JAMES PARRISSpecialist Four · October 27, 1970
- ALEX DENNIS PYSZSpecialist Four · October 27, 1970
- ROBERT E RINGENBERGERPrivate · October 27, 1970
- MONROE JASON CONLEYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1970
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 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.