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FRANK LEE GONDERMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1942 – June 27, 1966
Service recordFrank Lee Gonderman, of Concord, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C TRP 1 SQD 9 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 100
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- JACKIE LEE GOFORTHPrivate · June 27, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
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.