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JOSEPH EDWARD SHUBIAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1947 – August 17, 1967
Service recordJoseph Edward Shubiak, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 8
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- JOHN TURNER MULLANPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM PHILIP REESECorporal · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.