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JOSEPH FRANCIS DECROSTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1945 – January 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph Francis Decrosta, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Franklin Lakes, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 75
- ROBERT JAMES BLACK JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JUAN CARLOS CASTELLANOSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- DONALD A COFFINCorporal · January 19, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BAKERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- RANDOLPH ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 78
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 79
- JOHN AVERY ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Franklin Lakes
- BRADLEY RICHARD DEGENAARSSergeant · August 28, 1968
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.