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MAXWELL STOWELL FRANTZ
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
December 10, 1942 – July 22, 1966
Service recordMaxwell Stowell Frantz, of East Aurora, New York, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 56
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 10, 1942
- Home of record
- East Aurora, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 56
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JOHN LARRY DODSONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1966
- WESTON DAVID MACLEANLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ROY FLORES MENOLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
From East Aurora
- JAMES CARL KINDELCaptain · December 14, 1965
- MILTON SNOW JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
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.