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RICHARD W FRINK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1948 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRichard W Frink, of Norwich, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Norwich, New York (Chenango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 8
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKERINGPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- STEVEN JAMES PRESCOTTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
From Norwich
- DONALD GENE BRANTCorporal · February 20, 1968
- HOWARD EARL BURDICKStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM TARANTOSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
- EARL PETER BEECHINGPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
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.