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FREDERICK R FRACIONE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 22, 1950 – December 31, 1970
Service recordFrederick R Fracione, of Alvin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Alvin, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 19
- WENDELL LEVERN WALLACEStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1970
- DENNIS WADE WEBSTERSergeant · December 31, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD HUDSONSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- JACK EDWARD HYATTPrivate First Class · January 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PETE ELLIS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 16
- STEVE L J LAVERTYCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 17
- JOHN JOSEPH ORSINI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 18
From Alvin
- DONALD GENE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED DIXON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CARSON MILO KINGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN ALFORD JRCorporal · July 31, 1968
- BILLY JOE PLASTER JRCorporal · January 18, 1971
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.