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FRANK WILLIAM HUMES
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – July 8, 1969
Service recordFrank William Humes, of Magnolia, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 83
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Magnolia, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 83
- BOBBY LEE GENTRYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- WESLEY ONEAL GRANTPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- DONALD LEE GRUBBPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- HENRY DAVID HUNTERCorporal · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 85
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 87
From Magnolia
- ISAIAH ANTHONY DOBBINSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL REIDCorporal · May 10, 1967
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER SCOTTSergeant First Class · July 10, 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.