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LARRY EDWARD FRANTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – August 29, 1968
Service recordLarry Edward Frantz, of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 59
- GARCLEE M FREDWELLSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- ERNESTO R GALLARDOSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- DANIEL GUESTChief Petty Officer · August 29, 1968
- GARY ALBERT HALLCorporal · August 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNESTO R GALLARDOSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 59
- MICHAEL LEO NATHEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ELK CARLOS NICHOLAS YELLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 2
- JEFFREY SANDERS TIGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
From Punxsutawney
- JOSEPH TORZOKSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMANSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- RICHARD LORRAINE KUNTZSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL PAPEAirman First Class · September 2, 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.