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NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1949 – May 24, 1968
Service recordNicholas Samuel Vrankovich, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 70E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 70E · Line 1
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
- December 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 70E, Line 1
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- FLOYD LEE WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 24, 1968
- ROGER DALE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- JESSIE CHARLES ALBASergeant · May 25, 1968
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
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.