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FRANK C VANLOON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – October 10, 1968
Service recordFrank C Vanloon JR, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 44
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- CARROLL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- HENRY ARTHUR BLANDINGSpecialist Four · October 11, 1968
- JOHN ELTON CANDYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JONATHON JEFFREY HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 40
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · Panel 41W, Line 41
- EVERETT LEROY DAUGHERTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 43
- JAMES WALTER SZCZUPAJSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 43
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.