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JOSEPH WILLIAM SHORT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – April 13, 1968
Service recordJoseph William Short, of Hixson, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Hixson, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 47
- WILLIAM GENE PARKERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- RICHARD ALVIN RENFROSergeant · April 13, 1968
- WAYNE A RHODESPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WARREN JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
From Hixson
- JEFFERSON CLIFFORD CHESNUTTCaptain · May 8, 1967
- RONDAL LEE BURNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- DANIEL EARNEST NELMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1970
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.