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JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1949 – February 8, 1969
Service recordJoseph Odell Strickland, of Ridgeville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Ridgeville, South Carolina (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 90
- MANUEL GURROLA ULLOASergeant · February 8, 1969
- CALVIN WAYNE WILKINSLance Corporal · February 8, 1969
- KERRY FRANK WILSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- RUSSELL BYRD ADAMSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARRELL DEBOARDPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 84
- LAWRENCE CHESTER HAWLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 85
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 86
- ROBERT OLAN MAYHEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 87
From Ridgeville
- VERTIS JAMES HILL JRMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1966
- CLARENCE L WAYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- CHRIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
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.