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JOSEPH LAWRENCE LOGAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordJoseph Lawrence Logan JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 75
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 75
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- MORTEN ARVID LIND JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- JOHN LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- AARON HARVEY LOWESpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 62
- STEPHEN WAYNE DEAROSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 63
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.