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DANA STANLEY FROST
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1945 – April 19, 1966
Service recordDana Stanley Frost, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Wellesley, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 122
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- WILLIAM TERRY MAINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
- LEE AARON ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1966
- JOSEPH ORVILLE BROWNCaptain · April 19, 1966
- HENRY LOUIS DEWSpecialist Four · April 19, 1966
From Wellesley
- THOMAS BERNARD FLOODLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE OUELLETSeaman · March 6, 1967
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.