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JOHN RALPH FRONGILLO
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – May 17, 1969
Service recordJohn Ralph Frongillo, of Woburn, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 30
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Woburn, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 30
- HERBERT LYMAN GAYPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- LARRY GRACEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- BERNARD HAMLET JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- LLOYD E HANDSHUMAKER JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALICEA-SERRANOSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 27
- FELIX ARROYO-SIERRA JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 27
- BERNARD HAMLET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 30
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 31
- JAMES DONALD KLUGEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 32
From Woburn
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE DREWPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · February 9, 1966
- EDWARD STEPHEN OBRIENSeaman · December 4, 1967
- RUSSELL WILLIS NOYESLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD KENNEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · September 2, 1969
- CHARLES MCMAHON JRCorporal · April 29, 1975
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.