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JOSEPH NEMETH JR
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
September 4, 1933 – January 1, 1969
Service recordJoseph Nemeth JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 17
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- September 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 17
- DONALD GENE KINGPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- VICTOR WILLIAM OSNESSSergeant · January 1, 1969
- EDMUND JOSEPH SCHMIDTSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.