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WILLIAM DAVID FRANTZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1948 – October 17, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Frantz, of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 69
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1968
- DAN ROSS MOORELance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MURPHYStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1968
From Schuylkill Haven
- DAVID CHARLES NEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JAMES GERALD ANDERSONSergeant · May 4, 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.