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FRANK RONALD KERBL
Captain · U.S. Army
September 16, 1934 – October 7, 1967
Service recordFrank Ronald Kerbl, of Paramus, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Paramus, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 65
- RODNEY DEAN HILLPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT JATEFFPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- JOHN JEFFREY JENSENLance Corporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
From Paramus
- PETER RUZILA JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- PETER EDMUND MILLARCorporal · May 21, 1967
- PETER TERENCE RASMUSSENSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · June 11, 1969
- DAVID ALBERTLance Corporal · September 5, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · March 10, 1970
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.