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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joseph James Harper.

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JOSEPH JAMES HARPER

Sergeant · U.S. Army

June 10, 1928 – May 3, 1970

Service record

Joseph James Harper, of Belle Glade, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 11W · Line 91

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
Unit (as recorded)
1 LOGISTIC CMD
Born
June 10, 1928
Home of record
Belle Glade, Florida (Palm Beach County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 3, 1970
Age
41
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

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What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.

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From Belle Glade

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.