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JOSEPH JESUS DELROSARIO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1926 – May 1, 1969
Service recordJoseph Jesus Delrosario, of Aiea, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 1, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 90
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 30, 1926
- Home of record
- Aiea, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 90
- LARRY RICHARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- IGNACIO ESCOBAR DUROSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- MARTIN FRANCIS FOLEYLance Corporal · May 1, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK HATFIELDPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Aiea
- RICHARD LEIALOHA K ELLISSpecialist Five · October 5, 1962
- RUDY MANTIAD SAGONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- ALBERT HIROSHI TATSUNOSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- FREDERICK CHARLES CAINCorporal · April 25, 1966
- STANLEY INCILLO SAGONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- JAMES ABRAHAM DOANEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
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.