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FRANK RICHARD SILLS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1946 – February 23, 1967
Service recordFrank Richard Sills, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 81
- EARLEY JOSEPH MESSERCorporal · February 23, 1967
- PATRICK JOSEPH MICHAELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- LANDON CLAIR RAYStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1967
- RANDALL EDWARD WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1967
- ALBERT BOYD AYRESMajor · February 24, 1967
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.