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FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1946 – March 1, 1967
Service recordFrancis Charles Donohue, of Norwich, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 127
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
- April 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Norwich, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 127
- THOMAS BROWN DOWDSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN GRANDE JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- GARY ARLAND HENDRICKSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
From Norwich
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 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.