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JOSEPH GEORGE SERCOVICH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1943 – January 17, 1966
Service recordJoseph George Sercovich, of Buras, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 77
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Buras, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 77
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- LAWRENCE THEODORE HAMMONDLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- JOSEPH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
From Buras
- JAMES ODELL ASHTONPrivate First Class · June 8, 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.