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FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1949 – April 8, 1968
Service recordFrank James Mastromatteo, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 54
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 54
- RANDALL CARL PHELPSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- GEORGE ALAN PRUITTCorporal · April 8, 1968
- JUAN NATIVIDAD SEDILLOCorporal · April 8, 1968
From Upper Darby
- EDWARD WILLIAM REILLYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.