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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Holbrook Joy.

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ROBERT HOLBROOK JOY

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

January 9, 1938 – June 22, 1969

Service record

Robert Holbrook Joy, of Cashmere, Washington, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22W · Line 112

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
January 9, 1938
Home of record
Cashmere, Washington (Chelan County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 22, 1969
Age
31
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22W, Line 112

From Cashmere

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.