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FRANK MARTIN MEBS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 13, 1949 – May 27, 1970
Service recordFrank Martin Mebs, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Newtown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 110
- DONALD WAYNE MYERSSergeant · May 27, 1970
- ALAN HUGH PARKSCorporal · May 27, 1970
- ROBERT DAVID RHODESCorporal · May 27, 1970
- LARRY ALLAN RIPPESpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
From Newtown
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HERBERT MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · January 24, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID LOWNESPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
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.