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FRANCIS M RINKER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1924 – April 9, 1967
Service recordFrancis M Rinker, of Unknown, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1924
- Home of record
- Unknown, New York
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 7
- ALLEN WAYNE PORTERPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- THOMAS ALEXANDER SMITHLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- CHARLES ALBERT STOKENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 3
- HAROLD DENNIS VANBUSKIRKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 8
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.