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JOSEPH EDWARD GREENWELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1947 – January 29, 1969
Service recordJoseph Edward Greenwell, of Vine Grove, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 14
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
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Vine Grove, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 14
- DENNIS CHARLES ESHLEMANPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- CAL THOMAS HAMMACKLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- LARRY RAY HARRISLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- ROBERT EDWIN HOLTONCaptain · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 12
- MIGUEL ANGEL PUENTESSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 16
From Vine Grove
- DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- MARION DAVID POWELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LARRY ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
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.