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FRANK COSME ALCANTAR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1943 – September 26, 1965
Service recordFrank Cosme Alcantar, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 26, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 94
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 28, 1943
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 94
- BENNEL ELLISPrivate · September 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ERNEST HILLStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1965
- BERNARD PHILLIP MURRAYPrivate First Class · September 25, 1965
- JIMMY LEELAND CROUCHLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
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.