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JOHN MORRIS JOYCE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1944 – April 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Morris Joyce, of Minot, North Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Minot, North Dakota (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 100
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · April 17, 1969
- DANA BRUCE JENSENPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1969
- JAMES CARL JOHNSONLance Corporal · April 17, 1969
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
From Minot
- ALLAN JAMES KOROMLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- LEON LEROY LOCHTHOWEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · February 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY VOLKLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- BRUCE LLOYD WOLDSergeant · April 21, 1970
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.