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JOSEPH FRANCIS LODISE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordJoseph Francis Lodise JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 36
- STEVEN JAMES LAYTONPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- RONALD DAVID LOVELADYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS KEVIN LYONSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.