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FRANK DANIEL WALTHERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 13, 1949 – August 1, 1969
Service recordFrank Daniel Walthers, of Morton Grove, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 84
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Morton Grove, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 84
- JAMES THACKERGunnery Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN ARDOINSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN BALLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CASTILLOSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 83
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 84
From Morton Grove
- THOMAS HOLT PILKINGTONLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID NODDINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- NORMAN ANTHONY MILLERMaster Sergeant · December 1, 1968
- THOMAS CARL WIDERQUISTFirst Lieutenant · May 3, 1972
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.