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FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1948 – March 15, 1969
Service recordFrank Anthony Cancelliere, of Belleville, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Belleville, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 44
- JOHN WAYNE CAMPSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- STEVEN DEAN CHURCHWARDLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- TOMMY JOE DIXONCorporal · March 15, 1969
- JAMES DOLLARDSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
From Belleville
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JERRY RICHARD DONATIELLOLance Corporal · November 20, 1967
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DONALD BARON SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · June 6, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 1970
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.