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FRANCES F NOVELLO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1925 – September 3, 1965
Service recordFrances F Novello, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 22, 1925
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1965
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 74
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- TONY GENEVEVO ABEYTALance Corporal · September 3, 1965
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
From Rockville
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
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.