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FRANK MELVIN KAISER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – February 6, 1970
Service recordFrank Melvin Kaiser, of Madison, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Minnesota (Lac Qui Parle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 108
- PETER MARK KOMAROWSKISpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- PATRICK ALAN MCLEODSeaman · February 6, 1970
- ERICK OWEN OLSONCorporal · February 6, 1970
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 107
From Madison
- STANLEY WENDELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 20, 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.