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JOSEPH STEPHEN TATUM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1949 – May 1, 1970
Service recordJoseph Stephen Tatum, of Hilliard, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 94 ENG DET 92 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Hilliard, Ohio (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 82
- WILLIAM SPENCER SIGMON JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
- CARL DEE WOOTTENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1970
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
From Hilliard
- JACK DALE LYNNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- LARRY VINSON FLORASergeant · September 7, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE JORGENSENPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- HENRY RICHARD HAUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- ROBERT VERNON GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 30, 1969
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.