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FRANK RICHARD RAGUSA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 2, 1944 – June 9, 1967
Service recordFrank Richard Ragusa, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 80
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Printing And Bindery Specialist (83F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 569 ENG CO 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “569 ENG CO 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 80
- JAMES LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- RICHARD W PODELLCaptain · June 9, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- RAFAEL L RIVERA-BALAGUERCaptain · June 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW HARRY SHIMPSpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 81
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.