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JOSEPH STANLEY TIDWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – January 17, 1971
Service recordJoseph Stanley Tidwell, of New Castle, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 54
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- New Castle, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 54
- PERRY MONROE SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1971
- CECIL WAYNE SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
- WILLIAM F AARONSON IVPrivate First Class · January 18, 1971
- RONNIE BRICEPrivate · January 18, 1971
From New Castle
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · May 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLLARDPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JEFFREY TYRONE CASSIDYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYSergeant · February 16, 1970
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- GERALD FRANCIS AYRESMajor · June 18, 1972
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.