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JOSEPH STANLEY LABAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordJoseph Stanley Labay, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 41
- CHARLES HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · June 13, 1969
- STEPHEN JOHN KINGHORNWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1969
- MICHAEL KEITH LEWISStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN LIPETZKYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH ANTHONY BARCELONASpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 38
- JAMES BILLY BURTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 38
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 40
- JAMES MCCONNYHEAD JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 42
- ROY MARTIN PINGSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 43
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.