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FRANK WILLIS BOMAR
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
February 18, 1940 – December 20, 1970
Service recordFrank Willis Bomar, of Miami, Florida, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 20, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 133
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- February 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 133
- KERRY WAYNE PHILLIPSSergeant · December 19, 1970
- JOHNNY RATLIFFChief Petty Officer · December 19, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNNE RICHARDSONSergeant · December 19, 1970
- ROBERT EARL WORTHPetty Officer Second Class · December 19, 1970
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.