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FRANK EDWARD BRAWNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 11, 1945 – January 4, 1969
Service recordFrank Edward Brawner, of Frankfort, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Frankfort, Kentucky (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 32
- JANIS ABOLINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- ROY ANTONIO AUBAINCorporal · January 4, 1969
- DARRYL VERDUE BARNESCorporal · January 4, 1969
- LAWRENCE VICK BEATTYSFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED DEAN HILDEBRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 34
- ROSS WHITTIER LIVERMOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 35
From Frankfort
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCNEESAirman First Class · February 23, 1966
- THOMAS ALEXANDER HARPPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM MOORE JRSergeant · April 14, 1969
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 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.