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JOEL ARNOLD BALCOM
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 26, 1947 – November 3, 1969
Service recordJoel Arnold Balcom, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 22
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 22
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- JAMES ELSON BUCHANANStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1969
- FLOYD JOSEPH CRAIGMYLECorporal · November 3, 1969
- FRANKLIN THEODORE JAMESSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1969
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.