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EDWARD ROY FRANK SR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
May 30, 1928 – May 18, 1967
Service recordEdward Roy Frank SR, of Helena, Montana, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 30, 1928
- Home of record
- Helena, Montana (Lewis And Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 26
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JAMES LEE FOREMANSergeant · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL FREUNDCorporal · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PAUL RANDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 34
From Helena
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
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.