William David Frawley

Vietnam War
UnitFighter Squadron 143
RankLieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromBrockton Massachusetts
Date of DeathMarch 1 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Frawley was a member of Fighter Squadron 143, Carrier Air Wing 14 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS RANGER (CVA-61). On March 1, 1966, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4B) on an armed coastal reconnaissance over North Vietnam when contact was lost when he was 50 miles southwest of Haiphong and 10 miles south of Hoanh Dong, North Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.