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FRANK DAVID BAZELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1943 – March 1, 1967
Service recordFrank David Bazell, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 124
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 124
- JOHN THOMAS WETZELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT D YORKERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE DALE ARNOLDStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1967
- DEWAYNE RODNEY BLACKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY WILLIAM BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 126
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 129
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 129
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.