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JOSEPH PAUL SOULE
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 14, 1949 – March 28, 1970
Service recordJoseph Paul Soule, of East Canton, Ohio, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 28, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 53
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 14, 1949
- Home of record
- East Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 53
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · March 28, 1970
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · March 28, 1970
- BOBBY GENE SWANSON JRSergeant · March 28, 1970
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
From East Canton
- HAROLD J VIERHELLER JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- DAVID LEE BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 24, 1972
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.