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FRANK DENNIS JOYNES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – March 6, 1969
Service recordFrank Dennis Joynes JR, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 56
- JERRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
- STEPHEN FRANCIS KOSTANSKICorporal · March 6, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES LEAHYLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · Panel 30W, Line 53
- DANIEL MORRIS NOELDNERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 55
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 56
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 58
- WILFRED PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 59
- PAUL PETER VAVROSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 60
- JAMES EDWARD RAMSBYSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 61
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.