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JOSEPH VIERRA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1946 – March 2, 1967
Service recordJoseph Vierra, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 5
- LLOYD ISAAC STEPHENSCorporal · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY TISSIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR WEBBPrivate · March 2, 1967
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.