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ROBERT LOUIS FRASCH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 21, 1947 – August 21, 1970
Service recordRobert Louis Frasch, of Belton, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 126
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Belton, Missouri (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 126
- PAUL MILLERSergeant · August 20, 1970
- WAYNE WILSON MULLINSeaman · August 20, 1970
- HORACE LEE WARDELLPrivate · August 20, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES DOUGANPrivate First Class · August 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES DOUGANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 126
From Belton
- CARL WILLIAM HUDGINS JRPetty Officer Second Class · June 8, 1969
- DARRELL WAYNE ASPEYCorporal · February 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.