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JOSEPH WILLIAM WIRTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – March 2, 1970
Service recordJoseph William Wirth, of Hanson, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Hanson, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 76
- ERVIN LEE TUTTLESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- DANIEL LEON WALLACESpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
- HARLEY DAIRREL WHITNEYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- DANIEL AGUILERAPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP GENE CREECHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 73
- MARTIN JEROME KEOGHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 74
From Hanson
- BELMIRO TAVARES JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- GARY THURSTON PORTERCaptain · June 20, 1967
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1967
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.