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FRANK CHARLES ARMIJO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1951 – August 15, 1969
Service recordFrank Charles Armijo, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 43
- JAMES DWIGHT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- ROGER DAVID BROWNFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1969
- DANIEL EDWARD CAREYPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER LEON GOINSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 44
- RAYMOND LIGONSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 46
- EARL JOHN OVERACKERSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 46
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.