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MARK JOHN DEFRANGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1950 – June 25, 1969
Service recordMark John Defrange, of Kent, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Kent, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 12
- KRIS BLUMERPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- DONALD H BUTTERWORTHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- JAMES HILLARY DANKOWSKISpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ELBRACHTFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CHARLES ASBURYSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 11
- HOWARD ROSEDIETCHERSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 15
From Kent
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DANIEL LEE STARKEYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
- RICHARD MORGAN REESCaptain · December 15, 1973
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.