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FRANK FRANCIS AUGUSTINE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1945 – September 28, 1969
Service recordFrank Francis Augustine, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 14
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 14
- LEONARD OLGUIN CAAMANOFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1969
- JAMES CLYDE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- LESTER CHARLES COOKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- DUANE CARL SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY WILLIAM GLISSONSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 16
- PHILLIP BERNARD COONEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 20
From Portsmouth
- DONALD HENRY SISSONSergeant · February 23, 1969
- JAY HARRISON MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- STEPHEN LOUIS UPTONLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
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.