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JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1949 – August 10, 1969
Service recordJoseph Leonard Hesson III, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 123
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Pennsauken, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 123
- JAMES CRAIG HARMONSergeant · August 10, 1969
- JAMES GILBERT HILLIARDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- ROGER DALE HOLLIFIELDSergeant · August 10, 1969
- RICHARD ARNO JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
From Pennsauken
- RICHARD PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL ESPOSITOCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD TIPTONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ANTHONY J PIERSANTI JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 15, 1970
- THOMAS CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- FRANK JOSEPH KOHLMYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 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.