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FRANK NUNEZ FIGUEROA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1945 – February 22, 1970
Service recordFrank Nunez Figueroa, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 44
- FREDERICK C FORTE JRSergeant · February 22, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- RONALD JOAQUINE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM JANISHCorporal · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM JANISHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 44
- DENNIS PHILIP MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 46
- JOHN WILSON ROBERTS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 47
- MICHAEL JAMES WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 47
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.