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STEVEN ARTHUR FRINK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – July 26, 1968
Service recordSteven Arthur Frink, of Vancouver, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 13
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · July 26, 1968
- ALLEN JEROME GROVNERLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIS HANLEYLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- VERNAR SLOANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RAY COOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 12
- CHARLES THOMAS MCNUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 15
- WILLIAM JAMES TELLISSergeant First Class · Panel 50W, Line 16
- FERNANDO MARCELO VALDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 16
From Vancouver
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH NUSSBAUMERCommander · October 26, 1966
- DONALD FREDRICK THULINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- HOWARD LLOYD LEROY JRLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT ARNOLD METTERTCorporal · May 7, 1967
- MAURICE KARL MOCKPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL DEGENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DELL COLEMAN ODEGARDCorporal · January 30, 1968
- HOWARD DAVID AKEHURSTLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 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.