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FRANCIS JOHN THIBEAULT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1943 – October 24, 1967
Service recordFrancis John Thibeault, of Central Falls, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 63
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Central Falls, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 63
- MICHAEL CLAY TOSHLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- SIMEON ANDRADE TUAZON JRStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1967
- GAROLD THOMAS WILSONSergeant First Class · October 24, 1967
- ROY EUGENE CONRADSergeant · October 25, 1967
From Central Falls
- WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · April 10, 1964
- ALBERT GABRIEL ANTERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY JOURDENAISMajor · April 1, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE MENCONISecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- PATRICK MICHAEL FARLEYCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ALBERT WILLIAM HASLAMSpecialist Four · March 15, 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.