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JOSEPH MARTINEZ SOTO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1950 – November 4, 1970
Service recordJoseph Martinez Soto, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 39
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 39
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES HUNTPetty Officer Third Class · November 4, 1970
- LEONARD ALLAN LANZARINSpecialist Four · November 4, 1970
- JAIME RESTREPOSergeant First Class · November 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 38
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 39
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.