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FRANK ROBERT DIMMITT
Captain · U.S. Army
April 17, 1937 – March 3, 1968
Service recordFrank Robert Dimmitt, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 49
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist (72301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1937
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 49
- MICHAEL LANE CHARLESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- ABRAHAM LINCO COLON-PEREZStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · March 3, 1968
- VINCENT ANTHONY DATENASpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 47
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 49
- ERNEST EUGENE FAWKSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 50
- HENRY NORFLEET JRCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 54
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 59
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.