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WILLIAM FRANCIS JOYCE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1940 – March 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Francis Joyce, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 7 MAR
- Born
- November 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Hyde Park, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 56
- RONALD LEMON WAFFORDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY BECKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- RONNIE ELMON HALLPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
From Hyde Park
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- DOMENIC SMIGLIANISergeant First Class · July 27, 1971
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.