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JOSEPH EDWIN NESKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1949 – March 7, 1969
Service recordJoseph Edwin Neske, of East Islip, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1949
- Home of record
- East Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 68
- LEWIS LEVI MCDONALDPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES MCNAMARASpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JOHN SADAO OTAKESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- TED QUINTON REED JRSergeant · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY RICHARD GEORGESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 64
- TED QUINTON REED JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 68
From East Islip
- JACK WILLIAM WILKINSONPetty Officer First Class · August 30, 1967
- FRANK SARDINASpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES KIMMELFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- FRANCIS XAVIER BUNKSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.