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JOSEPH CLARENCE DOYLE
Captain · U.S. Army
April 28, 1939 – February 28, 1968
Service recordJoseph Clarence Doyle, of Butler, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aerial Surveillance Officer (9309)
- Born
- April 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Butler, Pennsylvania (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Kien Tuong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 63
- RONALD LEE DEMPSEYCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JOHN LEO DENGLERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM DUNCANPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- MATTHEW MURICE DWYER JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
From Butler
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- CHARLES FREDERICK SETZENFANDSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ALLEN G LANESergeant · March 24, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WINTERSMajor · May 20, 1966
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- RAYMOND PATRICK LINKSergeant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- PAUL STASKO JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROGER CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
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.