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FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIRE
Private · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – March 20, 1967
Service recordFrancis Michael McGuire, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 125
- JAMES WILLIAM LOHREYLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- OSCAR FRANKLIN NICEWANDERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 118
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- MICHAEL DEVERNE BIRDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- ROBERT EDWARD BROWNCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- CARL ROGER CROSIERCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 119
- JOHN WILLIE DEVINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 120
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GARY CLARK HATFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · Panel 16E, Line 123
- CORNELIUS AFAI LAULII LAUCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 123
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 123
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 124
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 125
- DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 126
- JOSE ANTON ROBLES-MIRANDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 126
- GEORGE BACON ROSS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- ODELL JACK WERNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 1968
- DENNIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
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.