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JOSEPH WADE GUINN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1942 – December 26, 1970
Service recordJoseph Wade Guinn, of Bradford, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Bradford, Tennessee (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 9
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS MCADOOPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
- CARY ELZIEVAN MCDANIELCorporal · December 26, 1970
- MARSHALL MILLERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
From Bradford
- GARY RAY CATESCorporal · February 12, 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.