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FRANK EDWIN STEARNS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 12, 1941 – July 4, 1970
Service recordFrank Edwin Stearns, of Carbondale, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 120
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Carbondale, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 120
- RANDOLPH SPIERSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- NADE MICHAEL STANICHPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM LEE SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1970
- GARY DENNIS THADENSergeant · July 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK THOMAS JERNIGANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 118
- RICHARD JOHN WARDENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 121
- ROBERT JOHN WINGENFELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 121
From Carbondale
- WILBURN HUGH BOYDLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · January 9, 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.