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JULIUS JOEY KEARSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1943 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJulius Joey Kearse, of Inwood, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 60
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP
- Born
- May 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Inwood, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 60
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- CECIL RAYMOND JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- DENNY LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
From Inwood
- DENNIS EUGENE JACKOWSKIPrivate First Class · April 15, 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.