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JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – August 29, 1967
Service recordJoseph Leon Whitaker JR, of Ontario, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 191 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Ontario, Oregon (Malheur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “191 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 66
- LEROY SPILLER IIILance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- JESSE ALLEN TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD THORNTONPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SHAREL EDWARD BALESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 61
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 62
- PETER STEVEN MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 64
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · Panel 25E, Line 64
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 65
From Ontario
- FELIPE VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 13, 1966
- ROBERT DAWYNE FELLOWSSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- FRANK JAMES MATHEWSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SPROULGunnery Sergeant · June 13, 1968
- TED LEROY SHARPSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- ROBERT JUNIOR FISHLEIGHChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 25, 1970
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.