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PHILIP ROBERT FRANKIEWICZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordPhilip Robert Frankiewicz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 26
- KEVIN LLOYD DAYPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- RICHARD PALMER GATESSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL HILTSergeant · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EUGENE DAWSONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 25
- JOHN WILLIAM MENDEZSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 27
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 28
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.