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FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1948 – June 7, 1967
Service recordFrank Joseph Shovlin, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 70
- KENNETH PURCELL NEWTONSergeant · June 7, 1967
- JOY LEONARD OWENSColonel · June 7, 1967
- WAYNE MONROE PITTSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- HAROLD REEVES SALE JRCaptain · June 7, 1967
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- WAYNE BENJAMIN WOLFKEILColonel · August 9, 1968
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.