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FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – December 31, 1968
Service recordFrancis C Sullivan JR, of Framingham, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Interrogator (96C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Framingham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 14
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · December 31, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN TUTTLECorporal · December 31, 1968
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 11
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 11
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 12
- HARLAN SECRESSSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 13
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 14
From Framingham
- ALLEN ROBERT LOANESecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1967
- STANLEY JOSEPH YUREWICZSergeant · November 30, 1967
- DONALD DAVID CROWTHERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- BARRY LOWEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- KEVIN JOHN JOYCESpecialist · July 15, 1968
- CARL DANIEL WAKEFIELDCorporal · August 2, 1968
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · August 16, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- PAUL MATTHEW CAHILLSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · May 17, 1970
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.