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WILLIAM CLYDE JOY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1950 – September 17, 1969
Service recordWilliam Clyde Joy, of Epsom, New Hampshire, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 103
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Epsom, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 103
- DONALD LEE KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- PAUL JOSEPH LAFRENIERE JRLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- DAVID RANDELL MACKEYMajor · September 17, 1969
- ROBERT P MAYERWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 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.