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JOSEPH KENNETH PURELIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – May 24, 1967
Service recordJoseph Kenneth Purelis, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 98
- GERALD JOHN PYSHERSpecialist Five · May 24, 1967
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- SANDY MITCHELL RIVERSSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LLOYD VERNON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.