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FRANK PAUL EVANGELISTA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1950 – March 2, 1969
Service recordFrank Paul Evangelista, of Flushing, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 13
- DAVID GOMEZ-BADILLOCorporal · March 2, 1969
- DAVID LAWRENCE GUILLENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HARTERSergeant · March 2, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN HEINMILLERSpecialist Five · March 2, 1969
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
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.