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JOSEPH JUSTIN HELTSLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – June 16, 1969
Service recordJoseph Justin Heltsley, of Brookville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Brookville, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 58
- JOSEPH GUILMETTE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CLARK HOLMANLance Corporal · June 16, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN MAHOWALDWarrant Officer 1 · June 16, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN RUSHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY DEAN BENDERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 56
- THOMAS EDWARD HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 60
- MARVIN CHARLES WHITECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 61
- SAMMY HOWARD WHITWORTHCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 61
From Brookville
- THOMAS FRANKLIN HERKINSSergeant · August 24, 1968
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.