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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joseph Patrick Logan JR.

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JOSEPH PATRICK LOGAN JR

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

June 7, 1943 – May 29, 1968

Service record

Joseph Patrick Logan JR, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 63W · Line 8

Position of Panel 63W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
June 7, 1943
Home of record
Winthrop, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 29, 1968
Age
24
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 63W, Line 8

From Winthrop

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.