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FRANK DONALD TRYPUS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1932 – November 19, 1965
Service recordFrank Donald Trypus, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Meadville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 102
- DAVID LEE VARVELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER BALMERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 101
- RAY LAGRANDE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 101
- DAVID LEE REEDERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 101
From Meadville
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD KAHLERSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BROMS JRLieutenant Commander · August 1, 1968
- JAMES EARL RUDDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- JACK EARL DEETERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE DRAGOSAVACSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.