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ROBERT CLARENCE FROSIO
Commander · U.S. Navy
March 28, 1928 – November 12, 1966
Service recordRobert Clarence Frosio, of Warrington, Florida, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 12, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 61
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 12 USS ROOSEVELT CVA 42
- Born
- March 28, 1928
- Home of record
- Warrington, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 12 USS ROOSEVELT CVA 42”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 61
- OTIS SYLVESTER FISHERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE FITZGIBBONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN FOGARTYPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GRADEY JONESLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 12E, Line 63
From Warrington
- RICHARD ANTHONY GROOVERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- KENNETH PAGE SARGENTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- RUSSELL RALPH COSTELLOChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 4, 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.