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DARRYL GRANT FRANCISCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1950 – June 13, 1969
Service recordDarryl Grant Francisco, of Hillman, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 39
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Hillman, Michigan (Montmorency County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 39
- DONALD CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- RICHARD REX CLAXTONPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL ETHERTONCorporal · June 13, 1969
- NEAL CLINTON WARDMajor · June 13, 1969
From Hillman
- JAMES ADOLPH CRAFTCorporal · March 1, 1969
- THOMAS NEIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
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.