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MICHAEL ANGELO FRATTALI
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 9, 1950 – March 29, 1971
Service recordMichael Angelo Frattali, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 91
- RUSSELL LELAND CLAYSergeant · March 29, 1971
- WILLIAM GAYLE COXSergeant · March 29, 1971
- CHARLES HAROLD EDWARDS JRCaptain · March 29, 1971
- KENT DOUGLAS ERICKSONPrivate · March 29, 1971
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.