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FRANCIS JOSEPH CASEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1942 – October 30, 1966
Service recordFrancis Joseph Casey, of New York, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 15, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 129
- JOHN BARRY TALIANAPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- MILAN ELMER WHITTENPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- DONALD ALFRED CHRISTPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.