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FRANK RICHARD HITESHUE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1950 – November 14, 1970
Service recordFrank Richard Hiteshue, of Penn, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Penn, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 59
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- BRUCE CLINTON ELKINSSergeant · November 14, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- ROBERT SALAS ROCHASpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 59
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 60
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 61
- BENIGNO ZAMUDIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 61
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.