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VICTOR JORY HOMSLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1945 – February 28, 1967
Service recordVictor Jory Homsley, of Judsonia, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 118
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Judsonia, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 118
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- BUDD EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM WILLIS HOODPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
From Judsonia
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- KENNETH MUREL RUSSELLPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
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.