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PAUL LOUIS JOYNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 28, 1949 – June 16, 1968
Service recordPaul Louis Joyner, of Louisburg, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisburg, North Carolina (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 4
- CARL WAYNE HOLLERCorporal · June 16, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOVERCorporal · June 16, 1968
- GARY CAROL HUTCHERSONSergeant · June 16, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEEVERNE RICHARD ACHOEPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- JESSE STEPHEN AYRESPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- THOMAS D BERNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 34
- ALAN RAY DUKECorporal · Panel 56W, Line 2
- NED TURNER DYBVIGStaff Sergeant · Panel 56W, Line 2
- CARL WAYNE HOLLERCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 4
- FREDDIE LEE MCNEILCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 6
- MICHIEL DAVID MURRAYCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 6
- STEPHEN BOYD OWENCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 7
- CHARLES V VASQUEZ JRCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 10
From Louisburg
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFTON SHEARINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- JAMES LEE BOWDENCorporal · August 21, 1968
- JOHN WILLIE THOMASSergeant · February 22, 1969
- PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMONDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1971
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.