FRANKE, FRED "Bill" AGUSTUS

RIP 17 Feb 2025

Name: Fred Agustus Franke
Rank/Branch: O5/United States Navy, pilot
Unit: VF 21
Date of Birth: 29 October 1965
Home City of Record: Brooklyn NY
Date of Loss: 24 August 1965
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 201000 N 1054000E
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4B
Missions:

Other Personnel in Incident: Robert Doremus, Returnee

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK 23 March 1997 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.  2025

REMARKS: 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV
                                
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Fred Franke retired from the United States Navy as a Captain. He and his
wife Jackie reside in California.

 03/05/2025
https://www.pmgfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Captain-Fred-A-Bill-Franke-Us-Navy-Retired?obId=38142114

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