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JOSEPH KENT WOLFE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1944 – September 20, 1968
Service recordJoseph Kent Wolfe, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 50
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
- Interrogation/Translation Specialist (0251)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 50
- RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARDPrivate · September 20, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
- JOHN PHILLIP VANDUSENConstructionman · September 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERCorporal · September 20, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.