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MICHAEL JAMES FRENCL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1949 – February 26, 1969
Service recordMichael James Frencl, of Stickney, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Stickney, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31W, Line 67
- JERRY RAY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- GORDON PHILLIP GIPNERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- LEON RUSSELL GOODALE JRSpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
From Stickney
- LOUIS STEPHAN MUCHAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
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.