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FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSO
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – September 3, 1967
Service recordFrancis Bradford Amoroso, of Newark, Delaware, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 92
- GEORGE ARTHUR DIDASKALOUPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- LEWIS C GILDERWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM LON LOCKHARTSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
From Newark
- DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1971
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.