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FRANKIE B MCDANIEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – March 26, 1969
Service recordFrankie B McDaniel, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 50
- RAND RUSSELL MERKERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- CARLTON LEE MONROESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ANTONIO RUIZ MORALESSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
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.