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ROBERT LEE FRAKES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1953 – January 26, 1973
Service recordRobert Lee Frakes, of Macomb, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1973, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1953
- Home of record
- Macomb, Illinois (Mcdonough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1973
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1973; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 112
- MARK JEFFERY MILLERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1973
- HARLEY HUBERT HALLCaptain · January 27, 1973
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
- WILLIAM BENEDICT NOLDEColonel · January 27, 1973
From Macomb
- JERALD WAYNE PENDELLSergeant · October 6, 1962
- FRANK DANIEL GEORGEStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1967
- RICHARD STEPHEN SLYFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 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.