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FRANK ALLEN GIVEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1945 – August 24, 1965
Service recordFrank Allen Given, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 135
- DANIEL L CHAPPELLStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1965
- CARL WOODROW DEATONPetty Officer First Class · October 26, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- THOMAS PAUL MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT PETTY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 26, 1965
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
- DANIEL LEON MORTLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
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.