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FRANK JOHN CWIOK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 14, 1944 – March 19, 1970
Service recordFrank John Cwiok, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 20
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 20
- JAMES EDWARD BROOKSSergeant · March 19, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN BROWNSpecialist Five · March 19, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE CALDWELLCorporal · March 19, 1970
- CLYDE WILSON ENDERLEMajor · March 19, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.