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JOSEPH PAUL HONAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1949 – February 17, 1970
Service recordJoseph Paul Honan, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 23
- THOMAS HALL FREASIERSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- JAMES BERNARD L GORDON JRSergeant First Class · February 17, 1970
- BRUCE GREGORY GREENEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1970
- CRAIG WARD HAINESPetty Officer Third Class · February 17, 1970
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
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.