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FRANK JOHN PICELLE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – June 15, 1969
Service recordFrank John Picelle JR, of Kent, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Kent, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 55
- CALVIN M MINORPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- ALTON RAY PHILLIPSSergeant · June 15, 1969
- PETER PAUL RUBIOCorporal · June 15, 1969
- WILSON DECOSTA THOMASCorporal · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD RAY GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 52
- EDWARD VOYTPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 56
From Kent
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- MARK JOHN DEFRANGESergeant · June 25, 1969
- DANIEL LEE STARKEYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
- RICHARD MORGAN REESCaptain · December 15, 1973
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.