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CHESTER JOSEPH JOY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1947 – May 16, 1967
Service recordChester Joseph Joy, of Kingston, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Kingston, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 8
- THOMAS JOSEPH GUARALDIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE GUTHRIEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- BENJAMIN HARRISON INGALLSPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
From Kingston
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES PEDAFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCKPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH DART JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · June 7, 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.