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JOSEPH PAUL NOEL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph Paul Noel, of Portage, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Portage, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 21
- GAYLORD BLAIN HENDRICKSONPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- ELIEZER ORTIZPrivate · June 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS RALPH OTTSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- BLANE MARKWOOD RUBYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
From Portage
- RUSSELL JAMES SWANHARTLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- DAMIAN THOMAS TOMASKOFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1969
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.