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DENNIS EARL JOY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1951 – February 20, 1970
Service recordDennis Earl Joy, of Imperial, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Imperial, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 34
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- LOSSIE FRANKLIN BONESpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- WARREN JOHN FERGUSON JRLance Corporal · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EDWARD HANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 35
- DEXTER DUANE HARBOURSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 35
- MICHAEL LEO HELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 35
- REGGIE WESTEL HINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 36
- CHARLES MICHAEL MEDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 37
- LEON ABNER MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 37
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 37
- THOMAS ALAN PORTERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 38
- CLYDE DEAN ROOTPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 38
- LARRY DAVID WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 39
- GORDON F ZIMMERMANSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 39
- ROBERT LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 40
From Imperial
- MARK THOMAS JERNIGANWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1970
- BILLY HERDON WYATTSpecialist Five · June 5, 1971
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.