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JOSEPH SOSINSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – October 23, 1967
Service recordJoseph Sosinski, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 57
- JOSEPH JOHN RHODESLieutenant · October 23, 1967
- CHARLES A RIEGER IIIPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT JOY SIMEFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 58
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.