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JOSEPH JOHN FUNK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – January 20, 1969
Service recordJoseph John Funk, of Bay Shore, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Bay Shore, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 41
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- THOMAS ALLEN FOREMANCorporal · January 20, 1969
- JIMMY LEON GREENSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALLEN BALLARDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 40
- THOMAS ALLEN FOREMANCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 41
- EDWARD HAROLD MANNSergeant First Class · Panel 34W, Line 43
- TERRY LYNN MARTINCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 43
- JOHN MACARTHUR PAGESecond Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 44
- RONALD EDWARD STOKERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 45
From Bay Shore
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · January 26, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HALENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · February 20, 1970
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · October 28, 1971
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.