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EDWARD FRANCIS FRATUS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 17, 1949 – December 9, 1969
Service recordEdward Francis Fratus, of Concord, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Avionic Communications Equipment Repairer (35L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Concord, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 41
- WILLIAM JOHN ZABOROWSKICorporal · December 8, 1969
- WILLIAM ACKER BARNESSergeant · December 9, 1969
- ANTHONY WILLIAM DEANSergeant · December 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS TAYLOR GRAY IIICaptain · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WARD LAWRENCE HOOPER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 42
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANESpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 43
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 44
From Concord
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · May 24, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.