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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joy Trint French.

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JOY TRINT FRENCH

Private First Class · U.S. Army

January 8, 1948 – May 9, 1968

Service record

Joy Trint French, of Virginia, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 57E · Line 21

Position of Panel 57E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 34 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
Born
January 8, 1948
Home of record
Virginia, Illinois (Cass County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 9, 1968
Age
20
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.