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FRANK VELAZQUEZ
Captain · U.S. Army
October 20, 1928 – January 1, 1968
Service recordFrank Velazquez, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 20, 1928
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 15
- PHILIP ALLISON TINGLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- RONNIE EDSEL BALLARDPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BECKETTSecond Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN RALPH ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 11
- DAVID LEE FRENCHSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 12
- PETER SHELL KLEINBERGCaptain · Panel 33E, Line 13
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 14
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.