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FRANK CALVIN HUFF
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1935 – March 9, 1967
Service recordFrank Calvin Huff, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 45
- EDWARD JAMES HABUREYSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- AMBROSIOS SANTIAGO JURADOStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FORRESTER STEARNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 49
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.