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FRANCIS JOSEPH DUFFY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – May 11, 1967
Service recordFrancis Joseph Duffy, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 90
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- BRADFORD BARTON GREENESpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- TERRANCE EDWIN KLARICLance Corporal · May 11, 1967
- FRANK LEO LUCChief Petty Officer · May 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BRADFORD BARTON GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 90
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.