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JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1943 – March 8, 1970
Service recordJoseph William Devlin, of Merrick, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 96
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
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- August 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 96
- JAMES ERWIN DODDMaster Sergeant · March 8, 1970
- DAVID KARL ERENSTOFTWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1970
- WIM GOEREESpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
- ROCKY YUKIO HIROKAWASergeant · March 8, 1970
From Merrick
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM CASEYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK DUGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD KREUSCHERSergeant · November 15, 1967
- ROBERT GARY PIAZZAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · November 26, 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.