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CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1948 – November 21, 1969
Service recordCurtis Russell Frantz, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 105
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Palmyra, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 105
- HARVEY DUDLEY JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1969
- DWIGHT GARY FOREMANCorporal · November 21, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH HAYDEN JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLELLANSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BOYLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 104
- PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELLCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 106
- PETER JOSEPH LACEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 106
- JOHNNY WILLIAM TRAINHAMSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 107
- ROBERT KENT WORTHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 108
From Palmyra
- FRANKLIN DANIEL HITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1967
- RONALD LEE HILLSpecialist Four · February 22, 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.