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FRANK ANTHONY NEARY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1948 – February 24, 1967
Service recordFrank Anthony Neary, of Ocean, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1967, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Ocean, New Jersey
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Added to the Wall
- 2012
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 96
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · February 26, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- PATRICK BRENDAN KEANELance Corporal · February 26, 1967
- RODGER DALE LEWISSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2012, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.