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ROBERT JOHN FRISK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1944 – March 27, 1968
Service recordRobert John Frisk, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 44
- JOHN HOWARD BARNESSergeant · March 27, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE BIXBYPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD CHESTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN JOHN GAFTUNIKPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 45
- LOUIS WILLIAM HAMILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 46
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 50
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- CRAIG BARKER HOLTCorporal · May 26, 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.