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JOSEPH MCLEMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1944 – November 7, 1967
Service recordJoseph McLemore, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 39
- DAVID EARL CALKINSCorporal · November 7, 1967
- GEORGE DONALD CLAYTONPlatoon Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- CLARENCE ELMER DALTON JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY CLAYTON BANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 37
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM BARKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 37
- BILLIE JOE BARNETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 38
- JAMES RONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 38
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 38
- GEORGE DONALD CLAYTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 39
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 39
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 40
- TERRY ALAN HENDRICKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 40
- CHARLES EDWARD LONGSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 41
- RONALD HARRY PAYNESergeant · Panel 29E, Line 43
- PASCAL CLEATUS POOLAW SRFirst Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 43
- CLARENCE LEE SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 44
- ARTHUR DONALD STIGALLColonel · Panel 29E, Line 44
- LARRY EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 44
- RONALD GILBERT STOLTENOWPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 45
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 45
- JOHN E YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 46
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.