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JOSEPH J CASSIDY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1947 – March 20, 1968
Service recordJoseph J Cassidy JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 38
- THEODORE BELTONCorporal · March 20, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD CANTLERCorporal · March 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES CORDIASpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- BRUCE ALVIN COUILLARDCaptain · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 36
- WILLIAM GOODHEARTSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 39
- WILLIE GRANT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 39
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · Panel 45E, Line 43
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · Panel 45E, Line 44
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.