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JOSEPH LOUIS MARSHALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1942 – June 8, 1972
Service recordJoseph Louis Marshall, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1972, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Crewmember (17B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1972
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1972; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Tuy Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 38
- ANDREW FILLEBRO UNDERWOODLieutenant Colonel · June 5, 1972
- MELVIN SPENCE DRYLieutenant · June 6, 1972
- JAMES ALAN FOWLERLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1972
- JOHN WAYNE SEUELLCaptain · June 6, 1972
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
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.