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FRANK WILDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – March 1, 1969
Service recordFrank Wilder, of Carthage, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Carthage, Mississippi (Leake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 5
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- JOSEPH ROBERT KING JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- DAVID EUGENE LOVEGRENCorporal · March 1, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN MARVINSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL GRIMENSTEIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 3
- DALE GEORGE HELGESONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 4
- DONALD RICHARD MAYBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- STEVEN REY SEGURASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 8
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 8
From Carthage
- JOHN FOSTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL LURIEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
- HERBERT LEE MALONESergeant · April 28, 1969
- MILTON TRUMAN SWAINSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
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.