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Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965.
Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joseph Ray Wynn JR.

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JOSEPH RAY WYNN JR

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

June 22, 1946 – May 14, 1965

Service record

Joseph Ray Wynn JR, of Chula, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
June 22, 1946
Home of record
Chula, Georgia (Tift County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 14, 1965
Age
18
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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One name on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Chula

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.