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FRANK DEPAUL SARACINO JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – March 20, 1969
Service recordFrank Depaul Saracino JR, of Ft Collins, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Collins, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 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
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 92
- HERBERT J STOBERSergeant · March 19, 1969
- ROGER LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- NIGEL FREDERICK POESESpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- JAMES CLAYTON REEDPrivate · March 20, 1969
- DAVID JAMES SANDVIGLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE ELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 93
From Ft Collins
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- BARRY BERNDT MYHRFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- PETER MACIEL JRCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LEROY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD L FAHRENBRUCHSergeant · April 3, 1968
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · June 29, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · April 27, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 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.