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FRANK JOHN GASPERICH JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – February 6, 1971
Service recordFrank John Gasperich JR, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 81
- AMBERS ANDREW HAMILTONSpecialist Five · February 6, 1971
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · February 6, 1971
- CARROLL RAY MILLSCorporal · February 6, 1971
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
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.