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JOSEPH VERN REDMOND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1944 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJoseph Vern Redmond, of Savanna, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 128
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Savanna, Illinois (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 128
- GARY PHILIP RADERSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT PORTER SHEPPARDWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1970
- LENNY MAURICE TIPPETSSergeant · May 7, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WADDELLStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANCIS BERGERCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 121
- PETER ALLAN COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 122
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 123
- JOSE ALBERTO GONZALEZCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 123
- LLOYD WILNER JACKSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 124
- ROBERT RAYMOND LOHENRYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 125
- DAVID CARROLL MCCRANIESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 126
From Savanna
- THOMAS MALCOLM HERGERTColonel · March 8, 1964
- STANLEY ALLEN BULLISSergeant · April 23, 1968
- NICHOLAS ALLEN BERGERStaff Sergeant · December 7, 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.