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FRANK JOSEPH MAKUH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordFrank Joseph Makuh, of Placentia, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 26
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Placentia, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 26
- RALPH JOSEPH LYDON JRCorporal · May 13, 1968
- GEORGE DENNIS MATTHEWSCorporal · May 13, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MAYSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- JOSEPH ANGEL MENASpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH ROLAND BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SAMUEL GERALD CONNELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 19
- TOMMY LEE HANKISONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- FREDDIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 24
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH NODENSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 28
From Placentia
- MANUEL GRIJALVA CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- MACK LEE WOOLLEY JRSergeant · September 27, 1967
- RICHARD ROSS COOMERCorporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD SHERIDANFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · December 2, 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.