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FRANK TUNSTILL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1944 – March 19, 1967
Service recordFrank Tunstill JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 116
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 116
- GILBERT NOLAN SMITHSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- JAMES C TARKENTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- FRANK VALDEZPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY VASQUEZCorporal · March 19, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.