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LAWRENCE JOHN FRAHMAN
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 18, 1928 – July 2, 1966
Service recordLawrence John Frahman, of Wilmot, South Dakota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 18, 1928
- Home of record
- Wilmot, South Dakota (Roberts County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 119
- ELIAZAR EFRIEN GARZAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- DAVID EDWIN HERBERTCorporal · July 2, 1966
- NARCISO FRANCIS HERRERALance Corporal · July 2, 1966
- MICHAEL FRANCIS JACKSpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
From Wilmot
- RONALD LE ROY REILSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- WALTER A RENELTColonel · November 20, 1969
- GERALD CLIFFORD SWAYZECaptain · December 30, 1969
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.