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PAUL JOSEPH FRINK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1949 – April 7, 1970
Service recordPaul Joseph Frink, of Billerica, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Billerica, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 103
- ROBERT MERLIN ROBERTSONSergeant · January 27, 1970
- DALE ARTHUR ERDMANSergeant · April 7, 1970
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1970
- HARRY DANIEL JOJOLAStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1970
- WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMANPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
From Billerica
- JAMES THOMAS LONGCorporal · October 8, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BUSHPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
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.