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JOSEPH LEONARD BRIDGE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1946 – March 5, 1967
Service recordJoseph Leonard Bridge, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 19
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Latrobe, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 19
- GERALD JAMES BREENSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- DEWEY HEARRELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- REFUGIO JOSE CANTUSergeant · March 5, 1967
- PEDRO LEON JRSergeant · March 5, 1967
From Latrobe
- DENNIS DALE KAISERCorporal · May 9, 1966
- RICHARD SCOTT GRAHAMCorporal · March 2, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE YODERPetty Officer Third Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL PRIVIECHPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD ROBLELance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BIRCHAKCaptain · January 11, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON MOORESergeant First Class · March 19, 1969
- JAY LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · July 25, 1969
- BLAINE WILBERT ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.