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JOSEPH LEON KANE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1917 – April 4, 1966
Service recordJoseph Leon Kane, of Cambridge, Ohio, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Supply Specialist (76E)
- Born
- January 27, 1917
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Ohio (Guernsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1966
- Age
- 49
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 83
- JACK DEAN GILBERTPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- JOE FRANK LISERIOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
From Cambridge
- CARL ROSS HARBIN JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- CHARLES M WAYTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- EMORY DAVID VOORHIESCorporal · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR AUSMUSGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1968
- GARRY LYNN UPLINGERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LEASUREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 1971
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.