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JOSEPH PAT STRIPPOLI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – March 17, 1968
Service recordJoseph Pat Strippoli JR, of Woodside, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 15
- MARIO FRANK DEMATTIOPrivate · March 17, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD SEVIERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- TOMMY LEE STEPHENSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- EDWARD ANTONE SWONKE JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES MEIGHANSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 13
- JIMMY RAY PIERCEPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 14
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 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.