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FRANK ALBERT PAPE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordFrank Albert Pape, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 58
- CHARLES R MENSCHStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- STANLEY MURDOCKPrivate · February 1, 1968
- DWIGHT MYLES NOVEMBERLance Corporal · February 1, 1968
- HENRY HARVEY PERSONSFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELYVIN LAVERNE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 46
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 49
- KENNETH EDWARD KUSPIELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 53
- ARTHUR GEORGE WILL WOLTERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 63
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.