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FRANCIS JAMES KLASSEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 17, 1947 – November 10, 1971
Service recordFrancis James Klassen, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 65
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1971; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 65
- HENRY FLOYD DELLECKERSergeant · November 10, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSSergeant · November 10, 1971
- RAYMON HORACE JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
- HOWARD MARSHALL STEINFELDFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL CLARKSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 64
- JAMES PATRICK DELANEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 64
- HENRY FLOYD DELLECKERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 65
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 65
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 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.