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FRANK WALTER BENGTSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1949 – May 7, 1971
Service recordFrank Walter Bengtson, of Millbury, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Millbury, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1971. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 25
- JOSEPH RICHARD SCHAFERSpecialist Five · May 6, 1971
- ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELLMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1971
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1971
- JOHN EDWIN POESCHLSpecialist Four · May 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 25
- LARRY WAYNE ROTHELSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 26
From Millbury
- DONALD RAYMOND YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 27, 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.