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JOSEPH SYLVESTER HUME JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1948 – September 6, 1967
Service recordJoseph Sylvester Hume JR, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 11
- COLIN KEITH HIPKINSLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1967
- REGINALD ARCHIE JORDANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LEWIS H PROUDFOOT IIIPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- VERNON LEE OSTERTAGSergeant · September 22, 1967
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
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.