SEALS Antone, Frank George

Charlie Rangers
By John L. Rotundo, John Ericson
2 Para Falklands: The Battalion at War
By Major General John Frost

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Antone
  • FORENAME
Frank George
  • UNIT
U.S.N. Seal Team 1
  • RANK
Seaman
  • NUMBER
B804349
  • DATE OF DEATH
23rd December 1967
  • AGE
21
  • GRAVESITE
El Carmelo Cemetery,Pacific Grove,Monterey County,California
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Carmel,California
born 10.6.1946
married
entered service 1965
KIA Gia Dinh Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 32E Row 049
Frank Antone was born on June 10, 1946, in Hersbruck, Germany. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on December 6, 1965, and completed basic training at Naval Training Center San Diego, California, in February 1966. SA Antone next served aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) from March to April 1966, followed by Underwater Demolition Team training with Naval Amphibious School Pacific at Naval Base Coronado, California, from April to August 1966. He served as a UDT Diver with UDT 11 in the United States, aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Ogden (LPD-5), at Subic Bay in the Philippines, and in Okinawa from August 1966 to July 1967, and then with SEAL Team ONE at Naval Base Coronado from July to November 1967. SN Antone's final assignment was with SEAL Team ONE in South Vietnam, where he served from November 1967 until he was killed in action on December 23, 1967. Frank Antone was buried at El Carmelo Cemetery in Pacific Grove, California.
 
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