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FRANK LEVATO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1950 – July 7, 1969
Service recordFrank Levato, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1969, 834 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 21W, Line 76
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · July 7, 1969
- RAYMOND PAUL KURTIKSergeant · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH LYONSSergeant · July 7, 1969
- DANA LEROY MACESpecialist Five · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 77
- THOMAS JEFFERSON SIZEMOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 78
- DANNY KEITH YELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 79
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.