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FRANK MAURICE PROCTOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1944 – June 1, 1968
Service recordFrank Maurice Proctor, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Oxon Hill, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 5
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 1, 1968
- OSCAR C PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD PROCTORStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1968
From Oxon Hill
- CHARLES WILLARD LARMANSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- GEORGE MICHAEL MATTINGLYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS LEECorporal · March 6, 1968
- LARRY DONALD NICHOLSLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE DYERPrivate First Class · February 4, 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.