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FRANK JOSEPH MARCONI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1950 – January 23, 1969
Service recordFrank Joseph Marconi, of Carmel, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Carmel, New York (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 65
- DENNIS HAROLD GUTHRIESergeant · January 23, 1969
- WILLIAM ROY HENDERSONSergeant First Class · January 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE LUSTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- TOMMIE LEE MITCHELLLance Corporal · January 23, 1969
From Carmel
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- HARRY ROY LAGERWALLLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1972
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.