Donald Carlton Joy
"Don"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number O-20092
April 1, 1915
in Erie, PA
Ernest Leo Joy
Marie (Daggett) Joy
Strong Vincent High School (1933)
University of Pittsburgh (1939)
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Commercial Credit Company
December 1, 1942 (enlisted)
March 11, 1943 (commissioned
at Quantico, VA
September 27, 1943
from 25th Marines
February 1, 1944
Killed in action at Namur
February 1, 1944
Killed in action
932 West 8th Street, Erie, PA – address of wife, Mrs. Jo Ann (Walters) Joy
Service & Campaigns
Trained with Company A, 20th Candidates Class, at Quantico, VA. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 11 March 1943. Additional training with Reserve Officers’ Class, Quantico.
Assigned to How Company, Second Battalion, 25th Marines in June, 1943.
Transferred to Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines on 27 September 1943.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Second Lieutenant
MOS: 1542 (Platoon Leader)
Important Events:
February 1, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot wounds). According to PFC Herman R. Loper, Lieutenant Joy was shot by a sniper a few minutes after landing on Namur.
First officer in the battalion to be killed in action.
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Namur (Feb. 1)
Citation
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