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FRANK JOSEPH BOSCO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1950 – June 21, 1969
Service recordFrank Joseph Bosco, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 102
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, 1950
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 102
- JAMES JOHN BARTONPrivate · June 21, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- ANTONIO GONZALES CASTILLOSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- HAROLD JAMES FINNEY JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.