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JOSEPH EDWARD AMEJKA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1945 – November 10, 1968
Service recordJoseph Edward Amejka, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 42
- LARRY JAMES WOLOSONOWICHPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- JOHNNY MAC ANDERSONCorporal · November 10, 1968
- THOMAS LEE CARTERCaptain · November 10, 1968
- JOHN HENRY COLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.