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FRANKIE LEON PRIEST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – November 19, 1966
Service recordFrankie Leon Priest, of Kennett, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Kennett, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 90
- JAMES OHLINGERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS OWENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- CARL WAYNE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 86
- TED BELCHERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 86
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 86
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 87
- EDMUND VALENTINE DLUGOKINSKISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 87
- AUDLEY M FEDERLINE JRCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JAMES HORACE KENNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 89
- LEWIS ROY KIRBYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 89
- ROBERTS MACHADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 89
- JAMES OHLINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 90
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 91
- ROBERT GEORGE RUDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 91
- THOMAS ROBERT SERRANOSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 91
- HERBERT CARSON SHUPESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 92
- MICHAEL DEWITT SWANGINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 92
From Kennett
- TOMMY RYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JIMMY DALE MOODYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- BOGARD LAFAYETTE FLOYDStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES S KIRKLAND JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE WOODPetty Officer First Class · October 7, 1968
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · May 24, 1970
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.