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FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – September 17, 1966
Service recordFrank Frederick Douglas, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 105
- ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Six · September 17, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH EAKERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LAMAR BUNTINGCorporal · Panel 10E, Line 104
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 104
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 108
- JOSEPH BINGHAM MACK JRMajor · Panel 10E, Line 108
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- ALAN JOSEPH OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- WILLIAM FRY SIEGERTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 110
- ATLAS JASPER MORENE SMAYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 111
From Columbia
- THOMAS EARL BAILEYCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN R EVANSSergeant · July 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES ENGROFFPrivate · October 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY SHULTZLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · September 5, 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.