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FRANCIS JOHN MURACO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1946 – November 23, 1967
Service recordFrancis John Muraco, of Winchester, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 72
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
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Winchester, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 72
- JOHN JAMES MARTINEZLance Corporal · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD FLOYD MASONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE MORENOSergeant · November 23, 1967
- RONALD WADE PATTONCorporal · November 23, 1967
From Winchester
- RICHARD WILLIAM BONDCorporal · March 8, 1966
- GEORGE CAMPBELLSergeant · March 24, 1968
- RONALD PAUL ZENGASergeant · January 3, 1969
- PHILIP BENJAMIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERYFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 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.