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First Name: Frank

Last Name: Briggs

Birthplace: USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Air Force (1947 - present)



Middle Name: Howard



Date of Birth: 17 April 1928

Date of Death: 19 October 1969

Rank: Colonel

Years Served:
Frank Howard Briggs

   
Engagements:
•  Vietnam War (1960 - 1973)

Biography:

Frank Howard Briggs

Colonel, U.S. Air Force

Frank Howard Briggs was born on 17 April in 1928.

On 19 October 1969, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Howard Briggs was serving as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) pilot with the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron, 504th Tactical Air Support Group, 7th Air Force in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam.

On that day, Lt Col Briggs was killed in action in the crash of the airplane in which he was a crew member.

Briggs was posthumously promoted to Colonel.

Honors

The name Frank H Briggs is located on Panel 17W Line 090 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

Burial

Colonel Briggs is buried at Saint Francis Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94234148



Honoree ID: 3512   Created by: MHOH

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