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JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHIMPF
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 14, 1948 – March 24, 1969
Service recordJoseph Francis Schimpf, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 30
- RICHARD WILLIAM PELLETIERStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1969
- GERALD RAYMOND SCHIESLCorporal · March 24, 1969
- MICHAEL ANGEL TORRESLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MONTY GILBERT LACKASSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 27
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 28
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.