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FRANK BARTH SMYK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – January 5, 1968
Service recordFrank Barth Smyk, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 54
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 54
- ROBERT GENE SMOOTCorporal · January 5, 1968
- RICHARD OLIVER WILLIAMSLieutenant · January 5, 1968
- JAMES D WILLIAMSONSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- FRED MELVIN WRENNSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAY BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 44
- FREDIE RAY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- RICHARD E DEVORESergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- WILLIAM DAVID DOWDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 47
- EDDIE HERMAN HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- GENE RAY KUNTZCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 50
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 50
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 51
- BOBBY RAY RODGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 52
- FRANCIS PAUL RYBAKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 52
- DANIEL EVERETTE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 53
- RICHARD EARL SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOSEPH SKAVARILPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.