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FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IV
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 18, 1945 – April 1, 1968
Service recordFrank Eberly Headley IV, of Eureka, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 32
- RICHARD LAWRENCE GIAMBRONEFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD HAND IIILieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- GARY BLUITT HARRISSergeant · April 1, 1968
- CECIL LEE JONESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.