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FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVER
Private · U.S. Army
September 6, 1948 – May 29, 1967
Service recordFrancis Craig Cleaver, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 10
- ALAN BRADLEY CIPRIANISpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- RANDALL VINCENT COOKPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES HUGH CRAWFORDPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RONALD FAIRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS PETER RUSSOPlatoon Sergeant · March 3, 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.