FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLO

Battery B 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 05/27/1968

 

 

Age: 25
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Mar 5, 1943
From: CHICAGO, IL
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 13A10: Field Artillery Basic
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Apr 17, 1968
Casualty was on May 27, 1968
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered

Panel 65W - Line 7

 

Private First Class Frank Garapolo was killed in action while on Operation Mathews,
during an enemy mortar barrage against FSB Brillo Pad, at grid reference YA963855,
approximately 10 kilometers southwest of Polei Kleng.

 

Part of a newspaper article about Frank Garapolo

Courtesy of Frank Mazza
the nephew of Frank Garapolo

 

 

 

PFC Frank W. Garapolo's decorations

 

 

 

Frank Garapolo's medals are presented to his family

Courtesy of Frank Mazza
the nephew of Frank Garapolo

 

     

The official photo caption
to the above photo
describing the presentation
of Frank Garapolo's medals.

 

Courtesy of Frank Mazza
the nephew of Frank Garapolo

 

 

 

Burial:
Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery
Hillside
Cook County
Illinois
Plot: Sec 22 Block 1 Lot 182 Grave 5

 

Grave marker for Frank W. Garapolo

Photo by RW from the Find A Grave website

 

 

 

 

Top photo courtesy of Frank Mazza the nephew of Frank Garapolo

 

 

 

 

 

 


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