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JOSEPH DARRELL LILLY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 15, 1937 – September 28, 1968
Service recordJoseph Darrell Lilly, of Jackson, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 36
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 Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Born
- December 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Jackson, Minnesota (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 36
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROGER LEE JOHNSON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
From Jackson
- CHARLES EDWARD RYBERGSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- DARRY RICHARD STRAUSSERCorporal · January 12, 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.