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EDGAR DALE JOY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – June 5, 1968
Service recordEdgar Dale Joy, of Wellsville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 11 ARTY
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Wellsville, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 18
- KURT ERIC HACKERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- KENNETH P HUTCHINSON JRLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD KELLERLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
From Wellsville
- ERNEST GARY MADDENCorporal · May 12, 1967
- MELVIN EARL NEWLINPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVID JRSergeant · September 3, 1968
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.