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FRANCIS DUANE BATTISTA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1948 – November 11, 1967
Service recordFrancis Duane Battista, of Sayreville, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 70
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Sayreville, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 70
- JAMES LEROY BEYERLINGStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- ELZA MORTON BREWER JRSergeant · November 11, 1967
- BILLIE WAYNE BRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES CARTERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
From Sayreville
- THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUTPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WALTER DANIEL FAITHPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD BIESIADASergeant · May 21, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BYRNEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
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.