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JOSEPH WILLIAM BORGES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1950 – May 8, 1969
Service recordJoseph William Borges, of Bristol, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Bristol, Rhode Island (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 21
- WILLIAM JAMES BRASHEARLieutenant Colonel · May 8, 1969
- MIGUEL EUGENIO BRIALESSergeant · May 8, 1969
- CARL NORMAN CLUTTERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- RONALD BURNS REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
From Bristol
- RAYMOND CLARK MASONLance Corporal · May 28, 2006
- DAVID ANTHONY WEIRCorporal · December 10, 1969
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.