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FRANK JOSEPH KOHLMYER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 31, 1930 – February 18, 1971
Service recordFrank Joseph Kohlmyer, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 18, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 117
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 31, 1930
- Home of record
- Pennsauken, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 117
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · February 18, 1971
- RICHARD ARTHUR LILLIESergeant · February 18, 1971
- ALLEN RICHARD LLOYDSergeant · February 18, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR LONGSergeant First Class · February 18, 1971
From Pennsauken
- RICHARD PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL ESPOSITOCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD TIPTONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ANTHONY J PIERSANTI JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 15, 1970
- THOMAS CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
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.