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RICHARD DENNIS JOY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1944 – June 20, 1969
Service recordRichard Dennis Joy, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 98
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 98
- GLENN ROBERT JENNINGSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- JIM FRANK JENNINGSSergeant · June 20, 1969
- LEON LAVERNE LANINGERStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1969
- LOREN HENRY LARSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 95
- BRIAN CHARLES HEATHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 97
- WILLIAM LOUIS LONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 99
- JAMES EDWARD PARKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 100
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
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.