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JOSEPH HEALY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – December 3, 1967
Service recordJoseph Healy, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 29
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- ROSS ALLEN DYKEMASpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- WESLEY GREENCaptain · December 3, 1967
- WINSTON CLINTON HAMILTONCorporal · December 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROSS ALLEN DYKEMASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 29
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 30
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 30
- DANIEL QUINNStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 30
- WILLIAM WILLAR STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 31
- OTIS FRANKLIN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
- WALTER LEON TILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 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.