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FRANK MESZAR III
Captain · U.S. Army
July 18, 1944 – March 2, 1969
Service recordFrank Meszar III, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 16
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1944
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 16
- GORDON LEROY SARGENT JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · March 2, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY STRITTMATERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- JAMES RANDEL TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY CALDWELL JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 10
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
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.