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FRANCIS HENRY TOENYAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1946 – June 29, 1967
Service recordFrancis Henry Toenyan, of Long Prairie, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 86
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Prairie, Minnesota (Todd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 86
- WILLIAM A TAYLORSpecialist Five · June 29, 1967
- MERLIN RAYE ALLENLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT CARTERCorporal · June 30, 1967
- LEGRANDE OGDEN COLE JRCommander · June 30, 1967
From Long Prairie
- GARY ORVILLE HEDINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
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.