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FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1949 – May 2, 1970
Service recordFrank Rodriquez Corona, of Reedley, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Reedley, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 83
- JOHN PAUL BECKERFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
- RICHARD DENNIS BREWERFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
- HAROLD GLEN CRAFTSergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WINTHROP DASHSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 82
- RICHARD DENNIS BREWERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- KENNETH LEROY DEFENBAUGHCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 85
- GEORGE DALE SLYEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 88
- MICHAEL BANARD VARNADOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 89
From Reedley
- TONY EIDDIE GABALDONPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- TERRY Y OGAMICorporal · February 20, 1968
- JOHN FRANK CANDELASPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- JOE FRANCISCO PEREZ JRCorporal · June 25, 1968
- ROBERT ANDREW PORTEPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- MICHAEL ERNEST MATTASpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- HERMAN HENRY HUEBNERSergeant · July 5, 1969
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.