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FRANK MELECA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1947 – October 12, 1967
Service recordFrank Meleca, of Albany, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 96
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
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 96
- JOHN RAYMOND LEECorporal · October 12, 1967
- MALCOLM PIERCE LIBBEYStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCCARTYFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1967
- RONALD STIRLING PENMANSpecialist Four · October 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND VENSON BROWNINGCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 93
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 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.