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JOSEPH HERMAN URMANN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1942 – June 14, 1967
Service recordJoseph Herman Urmann, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 101
- RICHARD ALLEN CABLESpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT LOW HOLLANDPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- FREDERICK JAMES LECHAKSergeant First Class · June 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOW HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 101
- HARLAN RAY SLUSSERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 102
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.