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FRANCIS MARRION LOGAN III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1944 – November 4, 1969
Service recordFrancis Marrion Logan III, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 30
- ALLAN GORDON KENNEDYSpecialist Six · November 4, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT KLIMOSergeant First Class · November 4, 1969
- ERNESTO LUIS LARACUENTEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- ROBERTO JAVIER MACIASSpecialist Five · November 4, 1969
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.