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FRANK WILLARD WILSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1938 – June 6, 1965
Service recordFrank Willard Wilson, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- February 5, 1938
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 1
- PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLYCaptain · June 6, 1965
- GARY DALE TRACYCorporal · June 6, 1965
- JAMES OTIS CRABTREECorporal · June 7, 1965
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.