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JOSEPH WILLIAM DURKIN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1945 – May 22, 1966
Service recordJoseph William Durkin JR, of Stratford, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 101
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MAINT CO 3 SERV BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Stratford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 101
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEVOEPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTERPrivate · May 22, 1966
From Stratford
- GEORGE WILLIAM HARRISSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD URBANLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BOWESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- IRWIN STUART LERNERMajor · December 20, 1972
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.