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JOSEPH GARY MIXSON
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1934 – December 10, 1966
Service recordJoseph Gary Mixson, of Buna, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 28
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 22 MACV
- Born
- March 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Buna, Texas (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 28
- JOHN HENRY KNUDSENPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DOYLE ALLEN MCSHANStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
From Buna
- J V PATRICKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- JERRY WILLIAM LAMBERTSergeant First Class · May 11, 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.