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FRANK ANTHONY DIFIGLIA
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 10, 1925 – March 26, 1969
Service recordFrank Anthony Difiglia, of Burbank, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 26, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 10, 1925
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 44
- RICHARD EUGENE BRENNEMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
- NICHOLAS CANCILLAPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1969
- TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- STANLEY MELVIN CLINGLERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.