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ROBERT JOSEPH FRANKOWIAK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Joseph Frankowiak, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 91
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 91
- VERNON WAYNE EASTCorporal · February 28, 1969
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · February 28, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- RUSSELL DAVID FLANAGANPetty Officer Third Class · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 91
- GARY LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 93
- VITO VITROPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 94
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 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.