PFC JOSEPH F. LODISE
148th MP Platoon
92nd Military Police Battalion
89th Military Police Group
18th Military Police Brigade
Age
19 - From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed May 1, 1968 - Vinh Long, South Viet Nam
INFORMATION
FOUND AT VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL FUND WEBSITE
(www.vvmf.org)
JOSEPH FRANCIS JR LODISE
is honored on Panel 53E, Row 36 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Full Name: JOSEPH FRANCIS JR LODISE
Wall Name: JOSEPH F LODISE JR
Date of Birth: 9/14/1947
Date of Casualty: 5/1/1968
Home of Record: PHILADELPHIA
State: PA
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: PFC
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: VINH LONG
MEMORIAL POSTED AT VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL FUND WEBSITE
(www.vvmf.org)
"A Good Friend"
- When Joe was around your spirits were always kicked up a notch. Joe
could turn the most boring night on the corner into an event. You could
count on him for a laugh even when things seemed grim. He was the only
person I knew who knew who Claude Reins was (Joe watched a lot of late
night TV). Good friends are hard to loose.
Posted by: Bill Johnstone
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
"One of Philadelphia PA's 630 fallen sons." - Photo and article were taken from the Philadelphia Daily News of October 26, 1987. The special supplement entitled, 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' was published in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.
"Joey" Lodise "was the kind of boy who tried to live and enjoy life to the fullest," recalled his parents. "His goal...was waiting for the day to come home, back to his job and make a good life for himself." the 1965 Thomas Edison High School graduate worked at the Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington stock Exchange before joining the Army in July 1967. The military policeman was assigned to the 300th Military Police Company in Viet Nam. He died in Vinh Long Province on May 1, 1968, as the result of a machine-gun malfunction. In addition to his parents, the 20-year-old private first class was survived by two sisters.
Posted by: Jim McIlhenney
Friday, April 4, 2003
Posted by: Bill Johnstone
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
"One of Philadelphia PA's 630 fallen sons." - Photo and article were taken from the Philadelphia Daily News of October 26, 1987. The special supplement entitled, 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' was published in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.
"Joey" Lodise "was the kind of boy who tried to live and enjoy life to the fullest," recalled his parents. "His goal...was waiting for the day to come home, back to his job and make a good life for himself." the 1965 Thomas Edison High School graduate worked at the Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington stock Exchange before joining the Army in July 1967. The military policeman was assigned to the 300th Military Police Company in Viet Nam. He died in Vinh Long Province on May 1, 1968, as the result of a machine-gun malfunction. In addition to his parents, the 20-year-old private first class was survived by two sisters.
Posted by: Jim McIlhenney
Friday, April 4, 2003
FROM "720th MILITARY POLICE
BATTALION VIET NAM PROJECT"
(http://www.720mpvietnamproject.org/148th/honor%20roll/lodise_joseph%20_f/lodise_joseph_f.html)
On 1 May 1968
PFC Joseph F. Lodise, Jr. age 20 of Philadelphia, PA, who had only been
in country 113 days, volunteered to replace another member of a V100
crew as the turret gunner on an unscheduled run of Highway 4.
A Captain from Saigon was sent to the 148th MP Platoon to conduct an on site familiarization of the 148th mission in the Mekong Delta. The Platoon Leader, 1LT Nicholson scheduled both V100’s to conduct the familiarization run. It would be PFC Lodise’s first and last V100 highway patrol.
It was a rainy day and as the two V100’s traveled north from Vinh long towards Cai Lai the turret hatch was left open and rain water collected on the floor inside the V100 where the turret gunner stood. The familiarization patrol was uneventful until the two V100 came upon elements of the 9th Infantry Division engaged in a fire fight with local Viet Cong hidden in a tree line alongside the highway. The two 148th MP Platoon V100’s came up on line to add their firepower to the infantry elements already engaged. When PFC Lodise engaged the electronic trigger mechanism to activate his twin 30 cal machine guns he was electrocuted.
A Captain from Saigon was sent to the 148th MP Platoon to conduct an on site familiarization of the 148th mission in the Mekong Delta. The Platoon Leader, 1LT Nicholson scheduled both V100’s to conduct the familiarization run. It would be PFC Lodise’s first and last V100 highway patrol.
It was a rainy day and as the two V100’s traveled north from Vinh long towards Cai Lai the turret hatch was left open and rain water collected on the floor inside the V100 where the turret gunner stood. The familiarization patrol was uneventful until the two V100 came upon elements of the 9th Infantry Division engaged in a fire fight with local Viet Cong hidden in a tree line alongside the highway. The two 148th MP Platoon V100’s came up on line to add their firepower to the infantry elements already engaged. When PFC Lodise engaged the electronic trigger mechanism to activate his twin 30 cal machine guns he was electrocuted.
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: LODISE
First name: JOSEPH FRANCIS JR
Home of Record (official): PHILADELPHIA
State (official): PA
Date of Birth: Sunday, September 14, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 52812088
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B10
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Monday, December 18, 1967
Date of Casualty: Wednesday, May 1, 1968
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Other causes (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Vinh Long
The Wall: Panel 53E - Row 036
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