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JOSEPH E R NEAL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – July 31, 1968
Service recordJoseph E R Neal, of Bellport, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 39
- THOMAS JONES HARKNESS JRPrivate · July 31, 1968
- GARY DALE KELLERCorporal · July 31, 1968
- ARMANDO DANIEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 31, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD PULLENSergeant · July 31, 1968
From Bellport
- RICHARD PATRICK FRASCACorporal · February 21, 1968
- BRUCE RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · May 31, 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.