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FRANK RAYMOND JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – January 27, 1968
Service recordFrank Raymond JR, of Alma, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Alma, Michigan (Gratiot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 49
- WAYNE CHESTER MYERSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- THOMAS JACK PENNINGTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOHN LEE PRICHARDCaptain · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ROBERT BRENTPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 43
From Alma
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WESLEY ROY POTTERCorporal · January 20, 1969
- KENNETH REX MCNEILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- LENARD F MOEGGENBORGCorporal · August 24, 1969
- DEWITT STANLEY VANCECaptain · December 17, 1969
- RODNEY KENNETH MILLSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- DAYLE RAYMOND HALLSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.