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JAMES RICHARD LOY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 20, 1947 – January 11, 1968
Service recordJames Richard Loy, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 30
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN MCCALLISTERLance Corporal · January 11, 1968
- TERRY LYNN MEYERPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 1968
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 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.