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JOHN WESLEY FRINK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 7, 1951 – April 2, 1972
Service recordJohn Wesley Frink, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 127
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1972; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 127
- JAMES FREDERICK WORTHCorporal · April 1, 1972
- WAYNE LOUIS BOLTEColonel · April 2, 1972
- ANTHONY ROBERT GIANNANGELIColonel · April 2, 1972
- BYRON KENT KULLANDFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1972
Same unit, same day
- BYRON KENT KULLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 127
- RONALD PAGE PASCHALLSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 128
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.