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FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1949 – December 21, 1969
Service recordFrancis A Trinchitella, of Port Washington, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 80
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Avionics Mechanic (35K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Port Washington, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 80
- GARY MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- THOMAS STEPHEN STAFFORDSeaman · December 21, 1969
- MELVIN SULLIVANSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- STANLEY EDWARD TAYLORSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
From Port Washington
- ROBERT LOUIS ZWERLEINAirman · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLCHOWSergeant · January 23, 1968
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- RICHARD HAROLD FERGUSONCorporal · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY ALDRICHFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
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.