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JOSEPH ROBERT WALLEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1945 – January 26, 1967
Service recordJoseph Robert Wallen, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 83
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 83
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS RANKIN SNAITHLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- RICHARD NORRIS STANSELLPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS LEE TRACYCorporal · January 26, 1967
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1967
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.