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JOSEPH EDWARD CANDEAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1939 – August 25, 1966
Service recordJoseph Edward Candeas, of Beverly, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Beverly, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 37
- RICHARD DEWYATT CLARKMajor · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS DOYLESpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 34
- TERRY LEE ALEXANDERSpecialist Five · Panel 10E, Line 34
- ALFRED JUNE AMBURGEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 35
- ADRIAN JAMES ANGLIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 35
- HERBERT STEPHEN BECHTELPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 35
- GYORGY JANOS BESZESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 35
- RAYMOND AUGUSTA BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 36
- MAX L BRUBAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 36
- RICHARD DEWYATT CLARKMajor · Panel 10E, Line 37
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 37
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 37
- JOHN FRANCIS DOYLESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 37
- OLIVER DEWITT DUMASSergeant First Class · Panel 10E, Line 38
- LAURENCE JOHN DUNNSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 38
- JAMES WAYNE EMERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 38
- CARL LEE GLASSCOCKSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 39
- VERNON GILBERT HOLLIFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 39
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- LARRY ROBERT KELMPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 40
- ARTHUR G KLIPPENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 40
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · Panel 10E, Line 40
- SAMUEL JAMES LARKINSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 41
- HAROLD EUGENE MATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 41
From Beverly
- JOHN MICHAEL GLASSERLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- FRANK JAMES GALLANTStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1967
- RICHARD W HELLARD JRCorporal · August 4, 1968
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- BRIAN ANDREW HUBISFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 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.