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FRANK RUDOLPH MAKI
Major · U.S. Army
March 13, 1928 – June 22, 1971
Service recordFrank Rudolph Maki, of Fibre, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 86
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 13, 1928
- Home of record
- Fibre, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1971
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 86
- MELVIN VERNON LEVANSpecialist Four · June 22, 1971
- MARSHALL GREGORY MILLERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1971
- MADISON ALEXANDER STROHLEINStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1971
- DONNIE WRAY ANDERSONSpecialist Five · June 24, 1971
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.