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THOMAS PAUL FRANK
Commander · U.S. Navy
May 7, 1933 – November 1, 1971
Service recordThomas Paul Frank, of Remsen, Iowa, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 1, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 58
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- May 7, 1933
- Home of record
- Remsen, Iowa (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1971. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 58
- ANGEL ALARID QUEVEDOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1971
- CARL DELBERT TOMLIN JRTechnical Sergeant · October 31, 1971
- MICHAEL LYNN HINOSpecialist Four · November 1, 1971
- JOSE MALDONADOStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1971
From Remsen
- WILLIAM DAVID MONFOREPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- DAVID ALAN FISCHLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- CORDELL BRUCE ROGERSCaptain · May 27, 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.