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FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTI
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1934 – November 22, 1965
Service recordFrancis Edward Visconti, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on November 22, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 109
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 362 MAG 36 1 MAW
- Born
- October 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 22, 1965
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HMM 362 MAG 36 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3E, Line 109
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EVAN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 107
- RICHARD ARTHUR MILLERMajor · Panel 3E, Line 108
- VICTOR JOHN PIRKERGunnery Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 108
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 1966
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.