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FRANK MARIO PASCARELLA
Captain · U.S. Army
May 12, 1938 – July 28, 1970
Service recordFrank Mario Pascarella, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 62
- KEVIN MARK FRYEWarrant Officer 1 · July 28, 1970
- ANDREW LAMAR HILLStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1970
- RALPH VINCENT LACAGNINASergeant · July 28, 1970
- TERRANCE DUANE MARPLESpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN MARK FRYEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 62
- DAVID ERVIN ZIMMERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8W, Line 64
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.