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RICHARD WADE JOLES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – April 12, 1968
Service recordRichard Wade Joles, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 33
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 33
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- BENNIE FRANK HUMPHRIESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- BYRON NORRIS JONESSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- DWAYNE CHARLES MCCLURESpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.