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FRANCIS MCLAUGHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1950 – August 18, 1969
Service recordFrancis McLaughlin, of Chatham, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Chatham, Virginia (Pittsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 62
- DAVID LEWISPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- VINCENT TOMMY MASCIALECorporal · August 18, 1969
- DOUGLAS CARROLL MERRILLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- VINCENT JAMES MUSCOSergeant · August 18, 1969
From Chatham
- FRANK RAY COMPTONLieutenant · March 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD BLAIRColonel · March 19, 1968
- ROBERT DUVAL OWENSergeant First Class · May 23, 1968
- JAMES LLOYD BROOKSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- DAVID DANIEL LAYNESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
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.