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JOSEPH MICHAEL CASSERLY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1946 – February 15, 1967
Service recordJoseph Michael Casserly, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 31
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 31
- MERVYN MAURICE CARSONCorporal · February 15, 1967
- ALLEN B CHAMBERLAINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT WYLIE LINSONLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.