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FRANK EDWARD HAND III
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1942 – April 1, 1968
Service recordFrank Edward Hand III, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 1, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. 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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 32
- RICHARD LAWRENCE GIAMBRONEFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
- GARY BLUITT HARRISSergeant · April 1, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- CECIL LEE JONESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE BURNSIDEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 47E, Line 30
- KENNETH LEE CRISTPetty Officer First Class · Panel 47E, Line 31
- DELMAR LEON LAWRENCEPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 47E, Line 33
- STUART MURRAY MCLELLANLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 47E, Line 35
- DONALD FRANK WOODPetty Officer First Class · Panel 47E, Line 38
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.