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FRANK A FRANGELLA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1933 – August 17, 1969
Service recordFrank A Frangella, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- August 9, 1933
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 54
- GREGORY JOSEPH GEESpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT HOPKINSCorporal · August 17, 1969
- CHALMERS CLAUDE HUMPHREYSMaster Sergeant · August 17, 1969
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 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.