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FRANK ANTHONY UHLIK JR
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
September 25, 1948 – March 15, 1968
Service recordFrank Anthony Uhlik JR, of Maybee, Michigan, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 15, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 4
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Maybee, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 4
- GARY DALE HICKSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- JAY DARRELL MCMURPHYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- RONALD STANLEY MOOREPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR PURSERCorporal · March 16, 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.