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BOBBY GENE FROST
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 12, 1931 – February 10, 1970
Service recordBobby Gene Frost, of Waco, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 120
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 120
- JOEL B SIMPSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- DANNY CRAIG DAVISCorporal · February 10, 1970
- BILLY FRANCIS DODDSpecialist Five · February 10, 1970
- JOHN VINCENT FRANCISCaptain · February 10, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH GREENSeaman · February 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BOYSEN BAKERMajor · Panel 14W, Line 119
- RICKY LYNN BOWDENSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 119
- JOHN MAYNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 122
- RAYMOND GENE MILESSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 122
- DUANE LAWRENCE RICHARDSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 123
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.