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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Francis Jordan Sullivan.

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FRANCIS JORDAN SULLIVAN

Captain · U.S. Army

November 4, 1942 – September 26, 1970

Service record

Francis Jordan Sullivan, of East Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 94

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Air Observation Pilot (1981)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
November 4, 1942
Home of record
East Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 26, 1970
Age
27
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 94

Same unit, same day

From East Hartford

All 13 names from East Hartford →

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.