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MICHAEL ARNOLD JOSEPH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1944 – May 30, 1968
Service recordMichael Arnold Joseph, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 63W, Line 17
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- CLARENCE JONESSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM KEMPPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HERNDON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 62W, Line 2
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.