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MICHAEL DENNIS FROST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – March 2, 1968
Service recordMichael Dennis Frost, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 31
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; 48 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 31
- MICHAEL ARTHUR EVENSONSeaman · March 2, 1968
- EARL FREDERICK FITCHCorporal · March 2, 1968
- GARY VIRGIL FRAZIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- REX BRADFORD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 28
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 30
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 32
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 33
- ROBERT JAMES JENKSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 33
- NEIL STEWART THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 42
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 44
From Mercer Island
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
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.