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JOSEPH HENRY MARSHALL III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – February 18, 1971
Service recordJoseph Henry Marshall III, of Almont, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 118
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Almont, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 118
- ALLEN KEITH MCELFRESHSergeant · February 18, 1971
- DANIEL OWEN MURPHYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1971
- WILLIAM CLINTON ODOM JRSergeant · February 18, 1971
- GREGORY ALEC SLOATSergeant · February 18, 1971
From Almont
- CHARLES DENNIS SHARPESergeant · May 25, 1970
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.