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JOSEPH OLIVER CLINE III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1950 – August 10, 1968
Service recordJoseph Oliver Cline III, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 39
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 39
- KAROL CLAYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- RICHARD K CRISWELL IIICorporal · August 10, 1968
- LUIS CRUZLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS DIGGSCorporal · August 10, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.