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MICHAEL JOHN FRATTO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1950 – May 2, 1969
Service recordMichael John Fratto, of New Fairfield, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 98
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 22, 1950
- Home of record
- New Fairfield, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 98
- LUIS PHILIP CRUZPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- MELVIN WARREN EAKINSLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JAMES DURWARD FLURRYFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · May 2, 1969
From New Fairfield
- EDWARD JAMES MONAHAN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES REITWIESNERSergeant · January 21, 1970
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.