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FRANK TORTORICI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – June 5, 1969
Service recordFrank Tortorici, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 80
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 80
- BRENDAN XAVIER TURNERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- HUGO HECTOR ULLOACorporal · June 5, 1969
- JOSEPH VALESKO JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- JAMES DANIEL WALKERSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 70
- DAVID PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 71
- JERRY MICHAEL DAILEYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 72
- ROBERT SHELDON DANKERTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 72
- SHERMAN WILLIAM GREGORYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 73
- JACK HATFIELDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 73
- MERLE ROBERT HIGGINSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 74
- EDWARD EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 75
- CLYDE DAVID LAHRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 75
- ROBERT EBERT LANGSTONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 75
- JAMES ARNOLD MARDIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 76
- PATRICK EDWARD POPPENGACorporal · Panel 23W, Line 77
- CHARLES MARLIN RAMSEYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 78
- JOSEPH VALESKO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 80
- JAMES DANIEL WALKERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 80
- MILFORD HOMER WENSELCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 81
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.