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FRANK ANTHONY PECORARO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1949 – January 20, 1970
Service recordFrank Anthony Pecoraro, of Lemon Grove, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Lemon Grove, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 50
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · January 20, 1970
- ROGER LEE SCOTTWarrant Officer 1 · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1970
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DARRYL FOXSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 48
From Lemon Grove
- JULIO KANEKOStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT DARRELL CALHOUNLance Corporal · February 28, 1969
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · June 2, 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.