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FRANCIS PATRICK ROYAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – October 2, 1966
Service recordFrancis Patrick Royal, of Clinton, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Clinton, Missouri (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 37
- DUNCAN ALEXANDER MACFETTERSSecond Lieutenant · October 2, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- ROY SALAZARPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 35
- PEPITO CAGUIMBALPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 35
- DOUGLAS ROY LUECKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 36
- RONALD HENRY MISSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 36
- ROY SALAZARPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 37
From Clinton
- WILBUR RAY LUCASSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES TYEPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- EDWARD EARL STUMPStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- ROBERT LEE JAMESLance Corporal · September 2, 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.