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FRANK JOHN GUICHAUD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1947 – May 24, 1967
Service recordFrank John Guichaud, of Peekskill, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Peekskill, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- 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
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 95
- STEPHAN CARL HIMESLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- STEPHEN KENNETH JENNINGSCorporal · May 24, 1967
- RONALD RAY JOSEPHPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
From Peekskill
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS RONALD MOWBRAYPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN AMATOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN BARDEN HUDSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- CHESTER JOHN MOSHIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD REEDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 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.