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RICHARD HAMMOND FROST
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1948 – January 4, 1968
Service recordRichard Hammond Frost, of Holmes Beach, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Holmes Beach, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 36
- JAMES FRANCIS FUHRMANFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · January 4, 1968
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- ROGER DALE GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · January 4, 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.