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FRANCIS PATTON TRUANCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1947 – December 2, 1968
Service recordFrancis Patton Truance, of Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Mahaffey, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- 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
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 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 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 26
- JOSEPH AUSTIN HADLEYSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST VANBARRIGERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM MATTHEW WEBBPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- VICTOR BARRY WEISSMANFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE BLAKESLEESergeant · Panel 37W, Line 21
- JONATHAN BROWNCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 21
- JAMES ROY KNIGHTCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 22
- CHARLES EVERETT SEATONStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 25
- GEORGE HARRELL STAMPSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 25
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.