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JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – September 25, 1968
Service recordJoseph William Sebastian, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Interrogator (96C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 14
- CURTIS LEE BATTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- EVERETT HAROLD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
- HINEY WILLISSergeant · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 9
- WILLIAM ARTHUR CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIAM EASTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 10
- ROGER ALAN FULKERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 11
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 12
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 12
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.