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FRANCIS GEORGE GRAZIOSI
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1951 – January 10, 1970
Service recordFrancis George Graziosi, of Rochester, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 22
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 10, 1970
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 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.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 22
- JOSE F GUERRERO JRSergeant · January 9, 1970
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- HERBERT CHARLES CROSBYCaptain · January 10, 1970
- MONTE RAOUL DEVEREMaster Sergeant · January 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 22
- HERBERT CHARLES CROSBYCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 22
- GEORGE ANDREWS HOWESChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 14W, Line 23
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.