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FRANCIS IVAN TOOPS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1942 – October 8, 1965
Service recordFrancis Ivan Toops, of Logan, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 113
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Logan, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 113
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · October 8, 1965
- GEORGE COLUMBUS RODEN JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
From Logan
- LAWRENCE NEAL HELBERCaptain · January 24, 1966
- GARY LESLIE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- JOSEPH RICHARD BACHUSPetty Officer Second Class · November 7, 1966
- MARCUS JAMES HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 27, 1970
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.