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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Timothy George Frank.

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TIMOTHY GEORGE FRANK

Corporal · U.S. Army

September 18, 1949 – April 24, 1970

Service record

Timothy George Frank, of Du Bois, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11W · Line 43

Position of Panel 11W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
September 18, 1949
Home of record
Du Bois, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 24, 1970
Age
20
Province
Phuoc Tuy
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 11W, Line 43

Same unit, same day

From Du Bois

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.