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JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JR
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
July 13, 1945 – June 16, 1966
Service recordJoseph Everett Packer JR, of Camden, New Jersey, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 53
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 53
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- ALCADIO NORBER MASCARENASLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBOROCorporal · February 8, 1967
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.