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JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1945 – June 2, 1967
Service recordJoseph William Axford, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- December 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- 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
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 30
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- SAMMIE J VOLLMARPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ROGER LEE WHINERYHospitalman · June 1, 1967
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 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.