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JERRY ALLEN FRAKES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – August 16, 1969
Service recordJerry Allen Frakes, of Fairfield, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Iowa (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 49
- GEORGE FABIAN BONNETTLance Corporal · August 16, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL DAVISPrivate First Class · August 16, 1969
- ISRAEL ESPARZASergeant · August 16, 1969
- MARK W EVELANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 16, 1969
From Fairfield
- DENNIS LYNN ODELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JAMES LEROY MILLERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- DOUGLAS EUGENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · October 1, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE HANEY JRSergeant · May 3, 1970
- JOHN DARREL SKIRVINSpecialist Four · July 8, 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.