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FRANCIS JOSEPH MCCANN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – April 26, 1971
Service recordFrancis Joseph McCann JR, of Glenolden, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Glenolden, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 13
- DENNIS MARTIN CRAVERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1971
- RICHARD HENRY FANNINGCorporal · April 26, 1971
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLYNCorporal · April 26, 1971
From Glenolden
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · January 15, 1967
- RONALD GARY GRUMLINGCorporal · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM F BAGGS JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RONALD BOYSEN BAKERMajor · February 10, 1970
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.