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RODNEY GALE FRANK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1934 – March 5, 1968
Service recordRodney Gale Frank, of Bellevue, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 43E, Line 6
- NELSON JOSEPH BOURDAGEMaster Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- BILLY MICHAEL HOLLIMONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHEAL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 4
From Bellevue
- EMMETT RAYMOND MCDONALDMajor · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LESLIE DAZEY JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DAVID RALF DEVIKLance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ADAIRSergeant · January 6, 1970
- RICHARD DEANE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.