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FRANK FAYETE DYKES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1946 – March 6, 1968
Service recordFrank Fayete Dykes, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 13, 1946
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 17
- WILLIAM WALTER DZIARCAKCorporal · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE L ELLIOTT IIIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- RONALD LEE ELLISCorporal · March 6, 1968
- GARY LYNN ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.