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JOSEPH MICHAEL LIGHTCAP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1949 – November 24, 1968
Service recordJoseph Michael Lightcap, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 50
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 50
- JOHN RICHARD LARIMOREPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- LONNY LEE LOYDPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAILLOUXPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- LARRY JOE MASON SRStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 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.