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JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1929 – October 28, 1965
Service recordJoseph John Schuster, of Ridgewood, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 28, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Radar Systems Technician, A-6e/ (6444)
- Born
- November 13, 1929
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 4
- ROBERT JOSEPH FAYCommander · October 28, 1965
- WILLIE JAMES SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- RESTITUTO POBLETE ADENIRPetty Officer Third Class · October 29, 1965
- RONALD VICTOR BACCAPrivate · October 30, 1965
From Ridgewood
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 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.