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JOSEPH MONSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – March 18, 1970
Service recordJoseph Monson, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 18
- JESSE JAMES ONISHEACorporal · March 18, 1970
- DONALD JAMES PIERCE JRCorporal · March 18, 1970
- HUGH JULIUS RONNEBERGCorporal · March 18, 1970
- DOUGLAS LYLE SHORTLEYSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 17
- DORRIS WAYNE TRAINERPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 19
- RICHARD LEE WISEMANSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 19
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.