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FRANK ERIC SACHARANSKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1945 – March 25, 1970
Service recordFrank Eric Sacharanski, of Wayne, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 44
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Ah-1 Qualified (I) (7565)
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Wayne, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 44
- MALCOLM JEROME PICKETTPrivate First Class · March 25, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS JRLance Corporal · March 25, 1970
- JOSEPH WAKEFIELD JRSergeant · March 25, 1970
- HENRY LEWIS ALLENMajor · March 26, 1970
From Wayne
- RALPH WESLEY VALTLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RICHARD RAYMOND KANEMajor · September 12, 1967
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · August 12, 1968
- PETER RICHARD CRESSMANSergeant · February 5, 1973
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.