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FRANCIS JOSEPH CONNOR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1949 – August 21, 1968
Service recordFrancis Joseph Connor, of Clifford, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 17
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Clifford, Pennsylvania (Susquehanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 17
- RICHARD A DAMSCHEN JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- GARY LEE DOBBINSPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- CHARLES HENRY ELLIOTT JRCorporal · August 21, 1968
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.