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JOSEPH RONALD LANDRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1942 – February 3, 1966
Service recordJoseph Ronald Landry, of St Martin, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 135
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 Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1942
- Home of record
- St Martin, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 135
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- EDWARD MILTON PARSLEYChief Master Sergeant · February 3, 1966
- RICHARD CORTLANDT STEWARTLance Corporal · February 3, 1966
- THERMAN MORRIS WALLERChief Master Sergeant · February 3, 1966
From St Martin
- GERALD PAUL GAUTHIERLance Corporal · January 2, 1968
- LARRY FRANK KUJAWASpecialist Four · January 11, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES DELACROIXSergeant · December 30, 1969
- RALPH JOSEPH BUFORDSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
- CURTIS JOSEPH PERRODINPrivate First Class · September 9, 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.