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FRANK J PAPA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 10, 1946 – November 3, 1967
Service recordFrank J Papa, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 16
- MATTHEW JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- PETER HERMAN KRUSILieutenant Commander · November 3, 1967
- JAMES THURMAN MORRIS JRPrivate · November 3, 1967
- EDMUND LAWRENCE PALCZEWSKICorporal · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
- RANDALL WAYNE ERNSBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
- GARY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 15
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 17
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 17
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.