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FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordFrancis Gerald Frechette, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 65
- LARRY ALONZA GRAHAMCorporal · June 17, 1969
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGERCorporal · June 17, 1969
- LARRY RAYMOND MARTINFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 65
- CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 65
- LARRY RAYMOND MARTINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 65
- DONALD LEE SPARKSSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 69
From Fitchburg
- PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLYCaptain · June 6, 1965
- CHARLES EHNSTROM TOFFERICaptain · October 20, 1966
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- EARL EDWARD TYREEPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- GERALD ROGER LEGERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WILBUR LEO WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · May 4, 1968
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · June 6, 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.