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HERBERT ERNEST FRENZELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1944 – January 21, 1967
Service recordHerbert Ernest Frenzell, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 62
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE GARDNERSergeant · January 21, 1967
- EUGENE THOMAS GLOWACKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 63
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.