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FRANCIS JOSEPH LEBLANC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – August 26, 1968
Service recordFrancis Joseph Leblanc, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 30
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BULLENFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL KARDASHSergeant · August 26, 1968
- BRUCE THOMAS KENNEDYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FERNANDO A RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 33
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 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.