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JOE RAY COURTNEY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 21, 1945 – May 22, 1968
Service recordJoe Ray Courtney JR, of Reseda, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Reseda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 6
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMSenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- DAVID BITANGA CAMACHOStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM MOSBY CLARKE JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- LIONEL TIMOTHY CLOVERSergeant · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALLEN PROEHLSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 8
- GEORGE GUERRA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 9
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 65E, Line 11
- GALE WILLIAM DIXONSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 13
- DAVID WESLEY MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 13
- LARRY JUNIOR SAMPLESCorporal · Panel 66E, Line 2
- ANGEL LUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 66E, Line 2
From Reseda
- ARTHUR LOREN HAWKINS JRCorporal · November 10, 1967
- PATRICK LOUIS BRUCKNERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL TOWNSEND JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROMESergeant · May 7, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BINNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- THOMAS LEE CARTERCaptain · November 10, 1968
- STEPHEN SCOTT NIEDERHAUSESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HARRISONCorporal · March 9, 1969
- JOHN ANDREW LESTELLE IIPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
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.