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FRANK VINCENT RAZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1947 – November 18, 1967
Service recordFrank Vincent Raz, of Newburgh, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Newburgh, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 18
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- WILLIE REEDSergeant · November 18, 1967
- GARRY LEE REICHARDPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS JAY RILEYSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 17
- COTIES R SOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 19
From Newburgh
- GEORGE EDWARD HULSE IIISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- THOMAS DOUGLAS PETERKINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE WULFFERTSecond Lieutenant · December 23, 1967
- RAMON HERNANDEZ GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MORKSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ERICH REEDSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 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.