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JOSEPH RONALD FRANKS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – November 21, 1968
Service recordJoseph Ronald Franks, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 25
- LARRY DUNNPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES EVANSSergeant · November 21, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD FORDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- JEAN CLIFTON FOSTERCaptain · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 22
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 23
- JAMES LLOYD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- HERBERT RAY CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 28
- ANTHONY FELIX WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38W, Line 31
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 32
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
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.