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NEAL RAY FRANK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1951 – May 16, 1970
Service recordNeal Ray Frank, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 50
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DOUCETPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY FILLIONSergeant · May 16, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY HAMILTONSergeant First Class · May 16, 1970
- NED RICHARD HEINTZFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYN CHRISTOPHERSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 48
- GERALD CLINTON MAUNEYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 49
- DAVID LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 51
- JOHN ROY MARIANICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 52
- BILLY RAY MCCULLOUGHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 53
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.