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DWIGHT GLENN FRAKES
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
May 8, 1931 – February 24, 1965
Service recordDwight Glenn Frakes, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 94
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAH 2 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- May 8, 1931
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 94
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR STARLEYSergeant First Class · February 22, 1965
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 1965
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.