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FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1951 – March 15, 1971
Service recordFrancis Michael Curry, of Patchogue, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 31, 1951
- Home of record
- Patchogue, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 48
- JAMES BINGENHEIMERSergeant · March 15, 1971
- THOMAS ALBERT DELLWOFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1971
- JOHN ELAM JRSergeant · March 15, 1971
- PATRICK DOUGLAS ERBWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RUSSELL PECKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 51
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 51
- CLYDE THOMASCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 52
From Patchogue
- CARMINE ANTHONY CERVELLINOSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- RICHARD DAVID KALERLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- RAYMOND SENTER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- FRANK CLARK FISHERCorporal · August 27, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- JUSTIN RICHARD SPISTOCaptain · March 4, 1970
- FRANK MICHAEL PERRY JRCorporal · May 31, 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.