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FRANCIS IVAN FOILES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1942 – May 27, 1968
Service recordFrancis Ivan Foiles, of Woodward, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Woodward, Oklahoma (Woodward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 7
- MICHAEL JAMES FALLONCorporal · May 27, 1968
- WILLIE LEE FREEMANLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · May 27, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLOPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
From Woodward
- GARTH WAYNE KECK JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1966
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- THOMAS RAY ALLENMajor · July 31, 1967
- DARRELL EUGENE HOLDINGPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- EARL WAYNE MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · August 14, 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.