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FRANK JACARUSO
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 11, 1948 – March 12, 1970
Service recordFrank Jacaruso, of Spring Valley, New York, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 12, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 118
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- July 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 118
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- EDWARD WAYNE HOLMESStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1970
- WARNER PRATER HUGHIECorporal · March 12, 1970
- OLIN JENNES LEONARDCorporal · March 12, 1970
From Spring Valley
- HAROLD JAMES KAUFMANCaptain · November 20, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WITZELCorporal · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT SCOTT SCHETTIGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 1971
- HAROLD DAVID KRASHESLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1972
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.