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FRANCIS MCDOWALL JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 3, 1944 – August 12, 1969
Service recordFrancis McDowall JR, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 18
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Lawrenceville, Georgia (Gwinnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 18
- TILMEN VERGES BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- STANLEY ALFRED MENSINGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- HAROLD GENE MILESSergeant · August 12, 1969
- PETER ROBERT MILLSCorporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ABRAMS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 7
- LEONARD LOUIS ALVARADOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 7
- GREG ALLEN BARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 7
- BRUCE MICHAEL BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 8
- BOBBY LEE BEVARDSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 8
- JAMES ANTHONY CABRAL JRSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 10
- MARTIN DEAN CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 10
- LARRY D GARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 10
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 12
- THOMAS WILLIAM CARRINGTONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 13
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 13
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 14
- RICHARD LEE HARDESTYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 15
- JEREMIAH MICHAEL HAYES JRSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GARY LEE HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 16
- KENNEY EARL LASSITERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JAMES LINDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JOHN MORRISON MAHONEYSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 17
- HAROLD GENE MILESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 18
- GEORGE RICHARD PLATTERSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 20
- LEE ROY SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 22
- RONALD LEE SHORTSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 23
- GARRY GREGORY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 24
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 24
From Lawrenceville
- JOHN RANDOLPH COOPER JRSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- DONNY JOE BRASWELLCorporal · July 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.