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FRANK LOUIS KOBOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1948 – July 3, 1969
Service recordFrank Louis Kobor, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 53
- RICHARD JOHN KEYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- DONNIE LUSTER KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT EARL KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE KNIGHTPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE POFFSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP THOMAS IVESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 51
- STEPHEN CARL HARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 52
- JERRY WAYNE POFFSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 53
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.