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JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1950 – July 8, 1970
Service recordJoseph F McDermott III, of College Park, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 131
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1950
- Home of record
- College Park, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 131
- DANIEL JOSEPH MALONEYSergeant · July 8, 1970
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · July 8, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM MURSCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 8, 1970
- RANDAL GENE SOWERSPrivate · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
- HAROLD LEROY FRANKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 131
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 133
- ALLEN RALPH STROUDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 133
- WALTER LEWIS WALKERSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 1
From College Park
- WESLEY RICE MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT ANZELONESpecialist Five · February 9, 1968
- JAMES EGBERT DICKERSONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- LIONEL TIMOTHY CLOVERSergeant · May 22, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY CUMBERLANDCorporal · February 27, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN STEVENSPrivate First Class · May 1, 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.