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JOSEPH STEVEN NEMETH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1949 – April 10, 1970
Service recordJoseph Steven Nemeth, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 118
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 17, 1949
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 118
- PHILLIP MICHAEL LONGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL LOWESpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- DOUGLAS CRAIGLOW MABEEFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1970
- DWIGHT ANDREW MASLINSKISergeant · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 117
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 119
- RICHARD LEE WHITEMANSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 119
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 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.