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JOSEPH STEPHEN SAUKAITIS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 8, 1949 – March 16, 1970
Service recordJoseph Stephen Saukaitis, of Kulpmont, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 9
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- September 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Kulpmont, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 9
- RICHARD HUGH PROPSTPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- RALPH SCOTT PURDUMPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- ROBERT RODRIGUEZSergeant · March 16, 1970
- STUART JACKSON SCRUGGS JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 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.