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FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – October 22, 1967
Service recordFrank Bellew Dunford III, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1967, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 48
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 48
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- CLAUDE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1967
- WAYNE MEDDIE CARDINALSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DOOLEYLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1967
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS MARSHALL JRLance Corporal · February 7, 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.