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FRANKIE CARL VASSAUR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 9, 1946 – May 8, 1970
Service recordFrankie Carl Vassaur, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 4
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 4
- HARRY LUTHER BUCHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- BILL DUAYNE CARPENTERSergeant · May 9, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH CORPUSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY DEAN FRASHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 131
- MERLIN GEORGE ORRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 2
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 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.