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FRANCIS P CREAMER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1941 – October 15, 1969
Service recordFrancis P Creamer, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 80
- GEORGE ROBERT ANDREWSCaptain · October 15, 1969
- BOBBY BAXLEYPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- TERRY LYLE BOOTHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- EDWARD LEE BORREGOSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.