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JOSEPH WALTER WYSONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1949 – March 9, 1969
Service recordJoseph Walter Wysong, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 98
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 98
- EDWARD JAMES MILLISON IIISpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- FIDEL JOE AGUIRRESergeant · March 10, 1969
- JESSE HAROLD ARCHERSergeant · March 10, 1969
- JACK BERNSTEINPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
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.