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WILLIAM CHARLES JOY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1946 – April 25, 1967
Service recordWilliam Charles Joy, of Monongah, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Monongah, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 86
- WILLIAM ROYCE LATIMERPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JAMES V LAWLORPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH M LINGLE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
From Monongah
- JOHNNY WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · April 16, 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.