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JOSEPH PAUL CURTIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 30, 1945 – December 17, 1970
Service recordJoseph Paul Curtis, of Hollywood, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Maryland (St Mary's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 126
- FRED ALBERT WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH WILSONCaptain · December 16, 1970
- PHILLIP ALLEN WILSONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- GREGORY ALLEN GYDESENCorporal · December 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FERENC JOHN RAMMSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 127
From Hollywood
- JAMES BENEDICT HEARDCorporal · February 27, 1970
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.