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JOHN H JOYCE
Major · U.S. Army
June 18, 1936 – December 21, 1966
Service recordJohn H Joyce, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 18, 1936
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 68
- RICHARD VICTOR LINDEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 13E, Line 69
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.