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JOSEPH ERNEST FUNSTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 16, 1949 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJoseph Ernest Funston, of Galena, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 15
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Galena, Illinois (Jo Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 46W, Line 15
- ELVING P GUTIERREZ-OLIVERASSergeant · August 25, 1968
- JAMES EUGENE HALLCorporal · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN RANDOLPH HILTONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MATHEWS KRINKELance Corporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 17
- FRANCIS TRAINOR MULVEYCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 18
- THOMAS JAMES WALKERCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 25
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.