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FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 27, 1934 – October 12, 1970
Service recordFrancis Edward Powers JR, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 129
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Charlestown, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 129
- JOHN STUART HUNTCorporal · October 12, 1970
- DONNIE RICHARD MARTINCorporal · October 12, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- CASEY CLAYTON PERRYPrivate · October 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 127
- JERALD STEVEN DELONGCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 128
- JOHN STUART HUNTCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 129
- WILLIAM ALLEN NEUPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 129
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 130
From Charlestown
- LAWRENCE THOMAS BORDENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- EDWARD LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- DAVID JAMES PUGHLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK QUINNSecond Lieutenant · August 29, 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.