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FRANK JOHN LILLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – November 10, 1969
Service recordFrank John Lilley, of Huntington, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntington, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 53
- VERNON GLEN HOLBROOKSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- SCOTT WARREN IGGULDENCorporal · November 10, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST OWENSPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES SALISBURYSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 54
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.