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FRANCIS JOSEPH CORMIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – November 17, 1967
Service recordFrancis Joseph Cormier, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Darlac Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 7
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- ROGER EARL DALRYMPLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 17, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 7
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT JERRY FARLEY SRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 8
- MICHAEL EDWARD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 9
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIE PAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- JOHN WESLY TERRELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 12
- JAMES D YEAKLEYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.