Age 80, Lawton - Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Grierson Hill Chapel on Fort Sill with Chaplain (CPT) Ferdinand Madu officiating. Sergeant Major O'Connor died Saturday at a local hospital. Burial with full military honors will be at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 6-8 pm at the funeral home. He was born March 29, 1929 in Constable, New York to John Joseph and Irene (O'Leary) O'Connor. He married Margaret Claire Machabee on October 30, 1954 in Malone, New York. She died on November 23, 2003 in Lawton. He attended school in Malone, New York and entered the U.S. Navy in June 1946 and was discharged in November 1949. He was active in the decommissioning of the USS New Jersey, BB62 in 1948 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He entered the U.S. Army on August 8, 1950 and took his basic and airborne training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with the 82nd Airborne. His duty assignments have included Airborne, Infantry and Armored Divisions as well as Corps Artillery. He retired as the Command Sergeant Major of the III Corps Artillery. He served in combat in both Korea and Vietnam. His tours of duty include Japan, Korea, Germany, Vietnam and Thailand. He was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal 7th Award, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Good Conduct Medal 9th Award and the Navy Good Conduct Medal. He also was awarded the Ancient Order of Saint Barbara. He served as the Honorary Sergeant Major of the 22nd Field Artillery Regiment and is a Distinguished Member of the 187th Airborne Regiment. After his retirement he was employed as an evaluator for training at the Field Artillery School. He retired in April of 1999. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history at Cameron University. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Association of the US Army, Fort Sill Sergeants Major Association, a Charter Founding Life Member of the 187th Regimental Combat Team Association and Charter Life Member of the National WWII Memorial. Frank served as chairman of the Fort Sill Enlisted Retiree Council which represents military retirees from Oklahoma and Arkansas. He was a volunteer at the Income Tax Center and for the Red Cross at Reynolds Army Hospital. He is survived by five daughters and 2 sons-in-law, Karen and Paul Murphy of Watervliet, New York, Jackie Tellis of Portland, Oregon, Susan and Chuck Fullenwider of Muskogee, Oklahoma, Cindy O'Connor of Frisco, Texas and Tammy O'Connor of Dallas, Texas; two grandchildren, ENS Connor Fullenwider of Oklahoma City and Cara Marie Fullenwider of Muskogee; three sisters, Alice O'Connor of Seminole, Florida, Betty and her husband Ray McIntyre of Lake Placid, New York and Dorothy Metz of Saranac Lake, New York; and three brothers-in-law, Francis Machabee and his wife Brenda of Malone, New York, Billy Machabee of Enfield, Connecticut and Jimmy Machabee and his wife Bernice of Dayton, Ohio. His parents and a brother, Joseph O'Connor preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale St. Mailstop 505, Memphis, TN 38105, the Disabled American Veterans, 4704 Motif Manor, Suite 5, Lawton, OK 73505, or the American Red Cross at Reynolds Army Community Hospital, American Red Cross-3W, 3009 NW Wilson, Fort Sill, OK 73503.