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FRANK DOEZEMA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – January 31, 1968
Service recordFrank Doezema JR, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 6
- JAMES BRIAN DESROCHERSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- DOUGLAS WILLIAM DOODYSergeant · January 31, 1968
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- BYRON RANDALL DUHELance Corporal · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH ERNELL BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 87
- ROLAND MICHAEL BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 87
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 89
- JOHN LEONARD CHURCHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 2
- EUGENE JOSEPH CONNERMajor · Panel 36E, Line 3
- CHARLES LINCOLN DANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 5
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 12
- HENRY GRANT HOWCOTTMajor · Panel 36E, Line 16
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · Panel 36E, Line 23
- JOHN J MCHUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 27
- MARVIN JAMES PLATAMaster Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 30
- DONALD M RADICSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 31
- RONNIE RAY ROUSHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 33
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JAMES J SHERRILLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 35
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 35
- MAXIMILIAN HEINRI SIMMETHMajor · Panel 36E, Line 36
- JOHN DOUGLAS WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 41
- ROBERT JOE WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 43
- JOSEPH ROBERT WISEMajor · Panel 36E, Line 43
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 44
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
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.