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FRANK FETTUCCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1945 – March 1, 1968
Service recordFrank Fettuccia, of Endicott, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Endicott, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 16
- NICHOLAS HEFER FRITZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE GILES JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- CARLOS LUIS GONZALESPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD GEORGE ROSENBAUMSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 23
From Endicott
- AARON GREGORY FIDIAM JRTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES MACKOColonel · February 22, 1969
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS CARLSONLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 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.