AIR COMMANDO 2 Birchak, Francis Joseph (Frank)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Birchak ​

• FORENAME

Francis Joseph (Frank) ​

• UNIT

22 Tactical Air Support Squadron (504 TAS Group) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

3117432 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

11th January 1969 ​

• AGE

32 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 35 Site 2219 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Latrobe,Pennsylvania​

born 28.5.1936​

married​

12 years service​

pilot (Bomber Forward Air Controller)​

O-1G 51-16951​

KIA Cao Lanh,Kien Phong Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 35W Line 69​

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note his Vietnamese observer also killed​

2Lt V.T. Nguyen ​

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