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THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1945 – October 26, 1966
Service recordThomas Michael Joyce, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 112
- CHARLES ALBERT PHILHOWERFireman Apprentice · December 6, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY KELLY JRLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- DANIEL OLMSTEAD KERNEnsign · October 26, 1966
- JAMES ANDREW LEESeaman · October 26, 1966
- NORMAN STANLEY LEVYLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.