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JOHN WILLIAM JOYS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1939 – August 26, 1966
Service recordJohn William Joys, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- June 7, 1939
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 49
- CHARLES F WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- FRANCIS JOHN ALBERTSSergeant · August 27, 1966
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.