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JAMES ALLEN FROST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – November 6, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Frost, of Booneville, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Booneville, Arkansas (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 26
- WILLIAM GORDON CAMPLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT EMBRY JRCorporal · November 6, 1968
- LATNEY DEAN FERGUSONSergeant · November 6, 1968
- VERNON ROBERT FYALLCorporal · November 6, 1968
From Booneville
- MORRISON AUTHER COTNERMajor · April 28, 1967
- JOHN LLOYD VORIESSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- CLYDE LEROY DICKASONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- JOHN STEPHEN SATTERFIELDSpecialist Four · December 28, 1972
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.