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ROBERT DEAN FROST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – February 22, 1970
Service recordRobert Dean Frost, of Duncan, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Duncan, Oklahoma (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 44
- FRANK NUNEZ FIGUEROASpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- FREDERICK C FORTE JRSergeant · February 22, 1970
- RONALD JOAQUINE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM JANISHCorporal · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CRAIG ARLEN BAUERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 43
- DANNY KEITH WITTCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 47
From Duncan
- JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGEStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- RALPH EDGAR MABRY JRSergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT VAN PACKCaptain · January 7, 1969
- DENNIS RAY FORNEYSergeant · June 20, 1969
- PATRICK DALE ROBIRDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- JIMMY DON WESTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1969
- GERALD WINSTON BYRNS JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
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.