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JOSEPH JAMES COMPA JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1931 – June 10, 1965
Service recordJoseph James Compa JR, of East Liverpool, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1965, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 4
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN
- Born
- January 13, 1931
- Home of record
- East Liverpool, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 4
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CARL LOUIS DOUGHTIELieutenant (junior grade) · June 10, 1965
- RAYMOND CLARENCE GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WALTER LOUIS HALLCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 5
- DONALD RUSSELL SAEGAERTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2E, Line 6
From East Liverpool
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACHHospitalman · June 20, 1966
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTHPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- DALLAS REESE PRIDEMORESergeant First Class · September 8, 1968
- SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALLPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.