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JOSEPH RALPH FRANCKOWIAK
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 11, 1944 – July 27, 1968
Service recordJoseph Ralph Franckowiak, of Huntington Park, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 18
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
- March 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Huntington Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50W, Line 18
- TERRY LEE DILLARDCorporal · July 27, 1968
- DAVID PHERRAL DUNYONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- JAMES EDSALLLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- WILLIAM LOYD FOLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
From Huntington Park
- DAVID LUIS GALANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- STEVEN CRAIG PATTERSONLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- DENNIS WILLIAM PETERSONLieutenant · July 19, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HOMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 17, 1967
- DONALD LEE BAKERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- GALE ROBERT SIOWPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH YBARRA RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
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.