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DAVID ANTHONY FRANCIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1948 – August 21, 1967
Service recordDavid Anthony Francis, of Taunton, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Taunton, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 23
- PATRICK SHELDON COCHRANCorporal · August 21, 1967
- BAXTER FRENCH ERVINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- LEROY LYNN GERBERSergeant · August 21, 1967
- LUCION GILLISPIE JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1967
From Taunton
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HENRYSergeant · March 26, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES ANDRADECorporal · September 2, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS SEVERINOCorporal · February 16, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · August 21, 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.