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FRANK JOHN HOLGUIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1943 – March 15, 1964
Service recordFrank John Holguin, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- June 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 47
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- THOMAS LEE LEWISSergeant First Class · March 23, 1964
- EDWIN GERALD SHANK JRCaptain · March 24, 1964
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.