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DOLROY FRANCIES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1949 – December 1, 1969
Service recordDolroy Francies, of Bossier City, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 13
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)
- Born
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Bossier City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 13
- PATRICK JOHN HAYESCaptain · December 1, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- FREDDIE LERON LONGSpecialist Four · December 1, 1969
- DANNY GALE MARTINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1969
From Bossier City
- WALLACE LEE OGEASergeant · November 20, 1967
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- ISSAC DAVID FAUGHNStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.