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JOSEPH FERRO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – October 30, 1968
Service recordJoseph Ferro, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 57
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 57
- LARRY BLAINE DURSTCorporal · October 30, 1968
- GERALD HENRY FORGUESergeant · October 30, 1968
- HARLAN LEE GRAHAMSergeant Major · October 30, 1968
- DANNY MICHEAL GRAYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JOSEPH BARTKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 56
- RICHARD WAYNE HORSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 58
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.