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FRANK HENRY BERAN III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordFrank Henry Beran III, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 54
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 54
- LESLIE ALLEN BELLRICHARDPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID GLEN BENDORFLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 70
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- JOHN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.