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FRANK HOWARD JOHNS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – August 27, 1968
Service recordFrank Howard Johns, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 42
- MICHAEL JAMES DERRIGLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LYNN HAYESPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- WASHINGTON L JAMESSergeant First Class · August 27, 1968
- JOSEPH KEITH KIRKENDALLSpecialist Five · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES C BARBOUR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- WILLIAM F FLAHERTY IIICorporal · Panel 46W, Line 40
- JAMES RONALD HARRISSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 41
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.