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NOEL FITZROY JOSEPHS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – June 6, 1969
Service recordNoel Fitzroy Josephs, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 88
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aerial Sensor Specialist (17L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 88
- WILLIE LEE JOESpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- GARY ALLEN JONESSergeant · June 6, 1969
- MICHAEL S LAFROMBOISEFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
- DUANE HENRY LANDWEHR JRSecond Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL F GRISAFE JRCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 86
- RALPH HONAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 87
- VICTOR BLAKE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 92
- FRANCIS LLOYD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 93
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.