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FRANK THOMAS KRESESKIE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1946 – January 16, 1967
Service recordFrank Thomas Kreseskie JR, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 41
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Gloucester, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 41
- FRANK LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN WELCHColonel · January 16, 1967
- ARTHUR WAYNE WILKIESpecialist Four · January 16, 1967
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
From Gloucester
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- FRANK ANTHONY DAMICOFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1966
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- PAUL DARYLL KNOWLTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · November 27, 1968
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 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.