John Mullen Joyce

Private First Class
M CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
21 May 1948 - 08 November 1967
Bethesda, Maryland
Panel 29E Line 050

1ST MARDIV

1ST MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for John Mullen Joyce

07 Jul 1999

John was my best friend through grade and high school. He left school to enroll in the Marines, and was killed while I was still a sophomore in college. I served as a pall bearer at his funeral and interment at Mount Vernon.

Now age 50, I still think of John on a daily basis.

Thank you for your support to vets, alive and deceased, and their families and friends.

Steve Hess
Frederick, MD
skhess@erols.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 5th Marines' Command Chronology for November 1967 contains the following entry:
"082400 - M Co 3/1 - Listening post at BT095677. Heard explosion at LP position and sent squad out to check area. Squad received 20-30 rounds small arms when searching area. Squad returned 50 rounds small arms. Searched area, found 4 USMC killed in action."
The four men, all assigned to Mike 3/1, were
  • Cpl Ronald P. Prince, St Louis, MO;
  • Pfc Dennis E. Hill, Frankfort, IN;
  • Pfc John M. Joyce, Bethesda, MD; and
  • Pfc William D. Reeves, Mansfield, OH.


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a friend,
Steve Hess
Frederick, MD
skhess@erols.com



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 07 Jul 1999
Last updated 11/13/2010