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CARRIS MICHAEL FRANCIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1951 – March 24, 1970
Service recordCarris Michael Francis, of Elyria, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 38
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 38
- JAMES EUGENE CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1970
- FRANK WILLIAM DAWSONLance Corporal · March 24, 1970
- BERMAN GANOE JRStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
- GUADALUPE GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
From Elyria
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
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.