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JOSEPH M KAMINSKI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordJoseph M Kaminski JR, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 3
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 3
- LYNN GREGORY HIEBERTSergeant · May 24, 1968
- JERRY LEE HILBERTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JERRY JAMES HILLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.