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Frank Anthony Cancelliere

Corporal Frank A. Cancelliere of Sanford Avenue, was killed March 15, 1969, near Quang Tri Province in Vietnam.

According to the official report, he died as a result of fragmentation wounds to the head and body from a friendly grenade that was accidentally detonated in the chow line at the mess hall.

Born on June 27, 1948, he enlisted in the Marines, he began active duty on Sept. 13, 1967.

He served with the CO B 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, FMF RPO San Francisco.

He is buried in the Belleville Avenue Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.

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Dies In War

(March 1969) -- With just one month to go in his tour of duty in Vietnam, Marine Cpl. Frank A. Cancelliere, of N. 7th St., Newark, was killed on March 15, by an American grenade that exploded accidentally.

Cpl. Cancelliere, 20, son of Mrs. Fannie Albano of N. 7th Street, and Frank Cancelliere of Florence Avenue, Belleville, had enlisted in the Marine Corps in September 1967, and was ordered to Vietnam for a 13-month tour on March 17, 1968.

A lifelong resident of Belleville, Cpl. Cancelliere was a graduate of Belleville High School  and worked for the Belleville Tool Corp., before joining the Marines.

He leaves also two brothers, Joseph of Belleville, and Robert of Newark.

NJ Vietnam Memorial, photo Copyright © 2004 by Anthony Buccino

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CANCELLIERE, FRANK ANTHONY

Date of Birth: Sunday, June 27, 1948
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single

Branch: Marine Corps
Rank: CPL
Serial Number: 2254503
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 0311

Start of Tour: Monday, March 18, 1968
Date of Casualty: Saturday, March 15, 1969
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (C1) Non-hostile, died of other causes
Reason: Unknown / Not reported (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Quang Tri

The Wall: Panel 29W - Row 044

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The Vietnam War Memorial Wall 

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Sources:

Remembrance - George Sbarra

Homecoming Project, March 15, 1991; P.O.W. Network 1998

New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial

No-Quarter

The Belleville Times: March 1969

The Vietnam War Memorial Wall

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