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FRANK AGUAN SABLAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1950 – March 1, 1971
Service recordFrank Aguan Sablan, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Morse Interceptor (05H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 15
- STEPHEN LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
- ALBERT TIJERINA JRCaptain · March 1, 1971
- ROBERT DALE UHLWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1971
- JAMES THOMAS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SAULERS BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 13
- JAMES HAMILTON COLBERTSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 13
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 13
- THOMAS EDWARD ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 14
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 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.