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FRANK J KREBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1945 – January 17, 1967
Service recordFrank J Krebs, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 45
- ALVA RAY KROGMANFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PHILIP MAGISTROSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- STEVEN KENT ODIERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYE ORTISPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT HAROLD CROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 43
- DANIEL TERRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 43
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 43
- LARRY GENE GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 44
- CEFERINO ADRAN ORTIZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 46
From Mt Clemens
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
- JAMES MARVIN WILKINSLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
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.