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STEPHEN DOUGLAS JOYNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1943 – June 15, 1968
Service recordStephen Douglas Joyner, of La Habra, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 27
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 26, 1943
- Home of record
- La Habra, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 27
- DONALD ROBERT HAWYERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES HOYTSergeant · June 15, 1968
- KENNETH RICHARD HUGGANSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
From La Habra
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- PETER FREDERICK CHERNEYLieutenant · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD ANDREW GILLASPYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN CATINOCorporal · February 10, 1970
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.