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FRANK THOMAS BROCHETTI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1951 – April 8, 1972
Service recordFrank Thomas Brochetti, of Yatesboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1972, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Yatesboro, Pennsylvania (Armstrong County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1972; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 133
- BRUCE CHARLES WALKERCaptain · April 7, 1972
- JOSEPH RICHARD HARRISCaptain · April 8, 1972
- GARY STEVEN SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · April 8, 1972
- PATRICK ANTHONY TALTYSpecialist Four · April 8, 1972
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK ANTHONY TALTYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 133
From Yatesboro
- PETE MELNICKSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- RAY MILTON BARKERPrivate First Class · August 22, 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.