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PHILLIP DALE JOSLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1941 – October 31, 1966
Service recordPhillip Dale Joslen, of Carthage, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 1
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Carthage, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 1
- DAVID GREGORYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- WALTER JOSEPH JANKOWSKICorporal · October 31, 1966
- HARRY WILLIAM JUNTILLACommander · October 31, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ARDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 132
From Carthage
- JOSEPH LEE MOORESergeant First Class · January 21, 1969
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.