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JOSEPH WARREN FREEMAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordJoseph Warren Freeman JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 4
- WILLIAM DANIELS JRCorporal · May 14, 1969
- RAYMOND WARREN DEMEOLASergeant · May 14, 1969
- WILLARD J DUFRESNE JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- ERIC JOSEPH GRECOSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DANIELS JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 4
- JIMMY LEE MCLELLANSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 9
- DANIEL JOHN SHEAPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 12
- LARRY VIRGIL WOLFRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 14
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.