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FRANCIS MARION MONROE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – November 22, 1969
Service recordFrancis Marion Monroe, of Bellaire, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 110
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Rotor And Propeller Repairman (68E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellaire, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 110
- GERALD EDWARD KEESLINGPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1969
- PATRICK LAWRENCE PURDINHospitalman · November 22, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUINNLieutenant Commander · November 22, 1969
- WESLEY MELVIN SIDENERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
From Bellaire
- JAMES ARTHUR CHRISTYSpecialist Five · August 17, 1966
- GARY PAT POLLEYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1967
- JAMES DAVID SERENAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- ANDREW MICHAEL SIMKOLieutenant Colonel · April 5, 1970
- GEORGE ROBERT KELLEYCorporal · July 22, 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.