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REX KAYE OFFIELD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1947 – July 10, 1967
Service recordRex Kaye Offield, of Jamesport, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamesport, Missouri (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 45
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- ORIS LAMAR POOLESpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ARTHUR CLIFTON RETZLAFFFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 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.