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ROBERT WALTER JOOSTEN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 5, 1947 – July 16, 1967
Service recordRobert Walter Joosten, of Little Chute, Wisconsin, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 16, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Little Chute, Wisconsin (Outagamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 80
- ANDREW M HOVANCIK JRSergeant · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- GARY THOMAS MARBUTTPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MERRIMANPrivate First Class · July 16, 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.