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FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1947 – October 7, 1966
Service recordFrank Michael Sokolowski, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 59
- ALVERN WARREN SCHLOTTMANLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TREECELieutenant Colonel · October 7, 1966
- HARRY THOMAS WHETZELCaptain · October 7, 1966
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 55
- JOHN FRANCIS DALOLA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 56
- WILLIE JUNIUS ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 58
From Chelsea
- SHELDON ROBERT COHENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EVERETT ALBERT ALLENSeaman · July 29, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN ROSSERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- SALVATORE AGRI JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- CYRIL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
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.