Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 63C – General Vehicle Repairman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary (Korea) Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 14-Apr-1944
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Marital status: Married to Sun C. Cwiok
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 1-Jul-1965
Start of tour: 21-Feb-1970
Incident date: 19-Mar-1970
Date of casualty: 19-Mar-1970
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of illness/injury. Accident. Other accident. Other Accident.
Frank John Cwiok was at base camp on bunker guard. Hit by fragments from frd mortar round during H&I firing. Admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, at 0500 hrs place on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list 19 Mar 1970 at 0615 hrs and later expired. Incident occurred 19 Mar 1970 at 0330 hrs.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 819 907
Place of interment: Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Niles, Illinois, USA
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