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JOHN PAUL FRANKEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1934 – November 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Paul Frankel, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1934
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 20
- VINCENT JOHN CONNOLLYLieutenant Colonel · November 4, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- JAMES NORMAN FINNSergeant First Class · November 4, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JEROME MERRITTSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 22
- CARMEN PAUL CARTONIAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 23
- HOWARD LESLIE WALKERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 25
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
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.