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FRANCIS CHARLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1949 – September 21, 1968
Service recordFrancis Charles, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 52
- BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHANPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DOUGLAS JAMES CAVINFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- DAVID LEROY CLARKPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- TED D COLQUHOUNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- MICHAEL IRVIN HANNEMANSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 54
- ROBERT ALLAN LHOTASpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 55
- DAVID LEE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 59
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
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.