United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Dwight Glenn Frakes
1931 – 1965
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Chief Petty Officer Dwight Glenn Frakes served in the U.S. Navy. Dwight served aboard VAH 2 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43. Dwight served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Dwight was 33 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Accident in theatre
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
VAH-2, CVW-15, USS CORAL SEA, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
RMC: Chief Radioman
RADIOMAN
LOS ANGELES, CA
1975
Pay grade E07. DCAS record DCAS-VN-016998.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Golden Gate National Cemetery
Section
MA
Grave
58
In Our Keeping
Permanent identifier
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Record added
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Dwight Glenn Frakes
Chief Petty Officer
U.S. Navy
- 1975
USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)
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