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FRANCIS MICHAEL GIRARDOT
Captain · U.S. Army
October 21, 1945 – December 16, 1969
Service recordFrancis Michael Girardot, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 63
- ROBERT FRANCIS FAVORPetty Officer First Class · December 16, 1969
- NICK ALLISON FINLEYLance Corporal · December 16, 1969
- KENNETH ALLISON FORD JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS GAGEStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CARL CAPITANIPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 62
- JOHN W CREWS JRSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 62
- THOMAS EDWARD DEVINECorporal · Panel 15W, Line 62
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DRAKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 62
- JOSEPH NORMAN EVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 62
- LEONARD JAMES SUGIMOTOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 65
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
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.