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HERBERT CORNELIUS FROST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1937 – June 21, 1969
Service recordHerbert Cornelius Frost, of Alhambra, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 106
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 106
- RICHARD LEE KERKHOFFSpecialist Five · June 21, 1969
- ANDREW FRANK KOKESHCorporal · June 21, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MALONECorporal · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALVIN DANIELS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 104
- CHARLES GONZIE GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 105
- ROGER LEE JOYCESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 105
- EDWIN PEREZ PAGANSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 107
- JOHNNY WENDELL PHILLIPSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 108
- JOSE MIGUEL TOROSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 109
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.