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FRANCIS JOSEPH BIRCHAK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 28, 1936 – January 11, 1969
Service recordFrancis Joseph Birchak, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 11, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 28, 1936
- Home of record
- Latrobe, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 69
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- THOMAS C BULLARDSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- DANNY TAYLOR CLARKFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1969
- ABRON EARL DAVISPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- JOHN PAUL DAVISPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
From Latrobe
- DENNIS DALE KAISERCorporal · May 9, 1966
- RICHARD SCOTT GRAHAMCorporal · March 2, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD BRIDGEPrivate · March 5, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE YODERPetty Officer Third Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL PRIVIECHPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD ROBLELance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- JAMES HARRISON MOORESergeant First Class · March 19, 1969
- JAY LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · July 25, 1969
- BLAINE WILBERT ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.