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FRANK BRACKETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 29, 1946 – December 6, 1967
Service recordFrank Brackett, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 43
- ROBERT JOSEPH BAWALCorporal · December 6, 1967
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 43
- DAVID THOMAS DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- VINCENT VANALSTYNE HAUSERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 47
- LEWIS E MCDERMOTTMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 56
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.