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FRANK CARL AMBROSIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – April 30, 1969
Service recordFrank Carl Ambrosio, of Deer Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Deer Park, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 81
- ROBERT HYATT WESCOTT JRSergeant First Class · April 29, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD BAUERCorporal · April 30, 1969
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD PATRICK BLANTONSergeant · April 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DAVID ERHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 83
- GERALD EUGENE GORALCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 84
- RAYMOND JOHN KRUPINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 85
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 85
From Deer Park
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- GEORGE BERNARD HESSEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER LACKNERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD KANECorporal · August 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 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.