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JOSEPH LEWIS POWELL JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1942 – October 17, 1968
Service recordJoseph Lewis Powell JR, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 58
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- November 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 58
- GERALD LEONARD EGYEDSergeant · October 13, 1968
- WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JERRY LEE HALPENNYCorporal · October 13, 1968
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · October 13, 1968
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.