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FRANK JAY STRNAD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1948 – June 22, 1968
Service recordFrank Jay Strnad, of Lockport, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 19
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Lockport, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 19
- CARL IRVING JOHNSONSergeant · June 22, 1968
- RONALD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- NEIL WILLIAM WEINTRAUBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
From Lockport
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · April 5, 1968
- GARY STEVEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- LEO JUAN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GLEN ALAN JACKSON IIIConstructionman · January 31, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 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.