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JOSEPH FLOYD BASCO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1948 – April 21, 1967
Service recordJoseph Floyd Basco JR, of Walton, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1MARDIV
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Walton, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 55
- GARREL LEE TEATSWORTHStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED ARREDONDOSergeant · April 21, 1967
- EDDIE PAUL AUSTINCorporal · April 21, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
From Walton
- EARL HUGO KINGSpecialist Four · April 7, 1971
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.