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FRANKIE LEYBA VARGAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1944 – January 15, 1966
Service recordFrankie Leyba Vargas, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 74
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- LAURENCE NELSON SOUSACorporal · January 15, 1966
- DAVID FRANK WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- HAL T HOLLINGSWORTHEnsign · January 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 73
- JAMES EDWARD HELTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 73
- JESSE HOWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 73
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
- THOMAS KENNETH EMMONSLance Corporal · March 5, 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.