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DERRELL WALTER JOYCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1940 – October 19, 1968
Service recordDerrell Walter Joyce, of Miami, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Asphalt Equipment Operator (62D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 62 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP
- Born
- September 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 3
- PERRY WITT GRIFFITHSergeant · October 19, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR GROTHWarrant Officer 1 · October 19, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN HORTON JRSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- JOHNNY L JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.