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FRANK RALPH MELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – March 23, 1968
Service recordFrank Ralph Mell JR, of Carleton, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Carleton, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 64
- CLARENCE DAWKINS JRLance Corporal · March 23, 1968
- ROBERT ADAM KANESKISpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS LANDERSCorporal · March 23, 1968
- MICHAEL D LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
From Carleton
- CAREY EDWIN BESTSergeant · January 27, 1966
- RICK DUANE DEEDSLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- MELVIN CARNILLS DYEStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
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.