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JOSEPH ROBERT AJSTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – October 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph Robert Ajster, of Peru, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Peru, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 9
- LUIS ALFONSO VELEZ-RIVERASergeant · October 4, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- JOSEPH CHARLES ARONCESpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY PAUL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- KENNETH JOHN NERVIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK OHARASpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 11
- EDWARD BRUCE SPEARSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 16
From Peru
- DONALD BERNARD SIEKIERKASergeant First Class · February 10, 1968
- DENNIS CARL MILLERSergeant · June 13, 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.