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FRANK RYAN ESCH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1945 – March 22, 1966
Service recordFrank Ryan Esch, of Normal, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Normal, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 38
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD J DEVINCENT JRCorporal · March 22, 1966
- JESSE GEORGE EASTMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1966
- ARNOLD JOE FAULKNERPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD J DEVINCENT JRCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 38
- JOHN CHESTER ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 40
From Normal
- JAMES WALTER EDWARDSPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- DAVID RONALD PAGEStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1967
- EDWARD K MEYERPrivate First Class · May 15, 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.