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JOSEPH J PASSAVANTI III
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordJoseph J Passavanti III, of Park Forest, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Park Forest, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 6
- GERALD THOMAS PARMETERSergeant · May 24, 1968
- GARY LEE PATTERSONSergeant · May 24, 1968
- ROBERT MILTON PAULKChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 24, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM PURCELLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LLOYD FRAZERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 68E, Line 2
From Park Forest
- JAMES ALVIN BRANCHLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1965
- JOHN TERRENCE KINGLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- RODNEY OWEN DAVIEWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDYSergeant · June 17, 1968
- GARY ROBERT MCHUGHPrivate First Class · October 29, 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.