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FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – October 21, 1969
Service recordFrancis Edwin Cortor JR, of Festus, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 100
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Festus, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 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 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 100
- JESSIE RAYMOND BATEMANPetty Officer Third Class · October 21, 1969
- BENNIE CLIFFORD CLAYTONSergeant · October 21, 1969
- GLENN RICHARD COOKCaptain · October 21, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KENNEDY JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 102
- MARK JOSEPH PREISPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 102
From Festus
- GARY W PRATHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JOSEPH WALTER MORRISONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BACKYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS COLEMANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · November 19, 1970
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
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.