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JOSEPH STEPHEN PRINCE
Captain · U.S. Army
March 10, 1942 – May 19, 1970
Service recordJoseph Stephen Prince, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 66
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 66
- BILLY RAY LUCASSergeant · May 19, 1970
- BILLY RAY PARKERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- LARRY JAMES RIGNEYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1970
- FRANK DEMON SALTERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- ALLEN DAWAN UDINKSpecialist Four · December 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CLARK AIRLIESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 63
- BILLY RAY PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 66
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
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.