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FRANCIS EMIL BRANCHEAU II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – August 19, 1969
Service recordFrancis Emil Brancheau II, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 69
- JOHN A KOLWYCKSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- DONALD GENE LANHAMLance Corporal · August 19, 1969
- STEWART JAMES LAVIGNECorporal · August 19, 1969
- BOBBY JOE LIKENSSergeant · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 65
- JOHN A KOLWYCKSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 69
- BOBBY JOE LIKENSSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 69
- JOSEPH PATRICK MOBUSPrivate · Panel 19W, Line 71
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 74
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 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.