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FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1934 – May 17, 1966
Service recordFrank Luther Huddleston, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- February 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 109
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- JOSEPH CLAIR AUSTINColonel · March 19, 1967
- VIRIL LEE AUSTINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- DAVID BAKERLance Corporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES PAUL BARTONWarrant Officer 1 · March 19, 1967
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 1969
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; panel and line confirmed against the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces because the federal record was incomplete. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.