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FRANK HOWARD BRIGGS
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 17, 1928 – October 19, 1969
Service recordFrank Howard Briggs served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 19, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 90
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 17, 1928
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 90
- FRANK DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- WILLIAM LE GRAND DAWESPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- GERALD JAMES GUILLORYPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- EARL EVERETT HOWERTER JRPrivate First Class · October 19, 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.