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FRANCIS BERTON GARGUS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1946 – August 20, 1969
Service recordFrancis Berton Gargus, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 78
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- August 17, 1946
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 78
- BOBBY JOE EVERETTPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- DAVID TODD FORDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- MICHAEL GARLOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.