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FRANK W CHADWICK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – November 30, 1966
Service recordFrank W Chadwick JR, of Ashfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Ashfield, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 130
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- STEPHEN CARL SHARPFireman · November 29, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- HERBERT JAMES NECEPrivate First Class · November 30, 1966
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.