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JOSEPH JOHN STRUCEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – March 5, 1969
Service recordJoseph John Strucel, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 49
- MARTIN T SCOTT IISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- ALVIN MAYNARD SLATONCorporal · March 5, 1969
- CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLESpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH SUBLETT JRCorporal · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN AYALA-MERCADOSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 41
- EFRAIN FIGUEROA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 41
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 42
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- WAYNE GARY BERNOSKASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 44
- ANTONIO GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 44
- GARY FAY ROLFESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 45
- CARLTON JERRY JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 46
- ALFRED LALLAVESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 46
- JOHNNY RALPH LYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- KENNETH MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 47
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.