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JOSEPH LASZLO
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 19, 1946 – March 29, 1968
Service recordJoseph Laszlo, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 2
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 2
- NORMAN EDWARD LANE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JOHN LEVINTHOL JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JOSE MEDRANO JRCorporal · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS G CARLISLE IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 46E, Line 61
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · Panel 47E, Line 1
- PAUL RAY MCFADDENSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 3
- JON MICHAEL MURPHYSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 3
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.