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JAMES EUGENE JOSLYN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1936 – October 15, 1966
Service recordJames Eugene Joslyn, of Elberton, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Elberton, Georgia (Elbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 77
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN MARCAVAGESpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE PIKELance Corporal · October 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD JAMES COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 76
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 77
- KENNETH EDWARD SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 78
From Elberton
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- CLARK EDWARD CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT SMITHLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- JOHNNY CLEVELAND SIMPSONCorporal · September 19, 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.