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FRANK EDWARD PETRICK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1946 – August 24, 1967
Service recordFrank Edward Petrick, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 40
- WILLIAM EUGENE RODKEYCorporal · August 24, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN SCHELLMajor · August 24, 1967
- STERLING AIDEN WALLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
- MANUEL GUTIERREZ YBARRAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
From Perth Amboy
- MICHAEL JOHN IHNATPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- ANGEL MERESI CORREALance Corporal · June 26, 1967
- ANDREW ZBIGNIEW BUCIORCorporal · April 5, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ZENO CZARNOTAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
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.