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JOSEPH WAKEFIELD JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – March 25, 1970
Service recordJoseph Wakefield JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 44
- MALCOLM JEROME PICKETTPrivate First Class · March 25, 1970
- FRANK ERIC SACHARANSKIFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS JRLance Corporal · March 25, 1970
- HENRY LEWIS ALLENMajor · March 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EUGENE ANDREWS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 41
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 41
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.