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FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1943 – May 27, 1968
Service recordFrank William Garapolo, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 7
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 7
- MICHAEL JAMES FALLONCorporal · May 27, 1968
- FRANCIS IVAN FOILESPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIE LEE FREEMANLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- JOHN RICHARD LINDELCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 11
- JAMES DANIEL MCKELVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
- CARL GENE WARDSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.