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FRANCIS RAY ADDIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1949 – June 19, 1970
Service recordFrancis Ray Addis, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Connellsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 67
- JERRY JOE ALLENCorporal · June 19, 1970
- GORDON GUY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- WILLIAM PRESCOTT ARTHURCorporal · June 19, 1970
- JOHN RODMAN BLOSCHICHAKLance Corporal · June 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KNAPP HENDERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 68
- LARRY ROBERT LADDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 71
From Connellsville
- MICHAEL EDWARD WIDENERAirman First Class · June 25, 1965
- WILBUR EUGENE SWINDELLStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1966
- DAVID BARTOCKPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- KENNETH BRIAN KOOSERCorporal · July 7, 1967
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · August 18, 1968
- CLYDE KEITH NELSONStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1972
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.