MINOT, N.D. (AP) - A new Marine Corps League detachment in Minot will bear the name of a local soldier who was killed in combat in Vietnam in 1969, when he was 25 years old.
The unit will be called the John Joyce Detachment, the Minot Daily News (https://bit.ly/2f78xkg) reported. Joyce’s sister, Julie Joyce-Hoffer, gave Tom Slorby, a former Marine residing in Minot, her approval to use her brother’s name.
Joyce was a first lieutenant of infantry and a member of Kilo Company, Third Battalion, 26th Marines at the time of his death.
“I was with John and the last operation where he was hit. I actually took a group out to bring him back, had him on a poncho,” recalled Peter Foor, a member of Joyce’s K Company.
Floor said Joyce was held in high regard by officers and troops that served with him.
The John Joyce Detachment is expected to become active in November.
The detachments are open to former and current members of the Marines Corps.
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Information from: Minot Daily News, https://www.minotdailynews.com
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