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FRANK SARDINA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1947 – February 28, 1968
Service recordFrank Sardina, of East Islip, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 72
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- East Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 72
- WINFIELD WALTER REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JOHN RICHARD RUGGLES IIISecond Lieutenant · February 28, 1968
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SEVELLCaptain · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JAY CORNWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 62
- JOHN LEO DENGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 63
From East Islip
- JACK WILLIAM WILKINSONPetty Officer First Class · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES KIMMELFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWIN NESKEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- FRANCIS XAVIER BUNKSpecialist Four · November 11, 1970
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.