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JOSEPH GEORGE WOLFE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1944 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph George Wolfe, of Portland, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 36
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 36
- LARRY DALE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM WRIGHT IIPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD COLEMAN WYATTSeaman · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN THOMAS FEYSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 12
- JEROME EDWARD JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 18
- RICHARD GARY LEWISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 55E, Line 21
- KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 23
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 35
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.