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FRANK ROBERT HOWE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1949 – February 20, 1969
Service recordFrank Robert Howe, of Port Chester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 65
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 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Port Chester, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 65
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 1969
- MANFRED WILLY FITZGERALDSergeant · February 20, 1969
- EDWARD LAMONT HANDYSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- EARNEST LEE KAUFFMANPrivate First Class · February 20, 1969
From Port Chester
- TERRENCE JAY CATHERPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS TATE JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK LARKINLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- JOSEPH EARNEST SMITHCorporal · August 20, 1968
- MARIAN JAMILSKIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
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.