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WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1941 – November 16, 1966
Service recordWilliam Edward Joyce JR, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 79
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- SAMMY JONES JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.