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FRANK EDWIN GREGORY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordFrank Edwin Gregory, of Sugargrove, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 3
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Sugargrove, Pennsylvania (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 3
- DAVID JAMES GUNSTERMajor · June 6, 1968
- MICHAEL SCOTT HAINESPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ELWOOD HANNINGSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
From Sugargrove
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE ABBOTTCorporal · August 2, 1967
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.