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FRANCIS RUSSELL MCGOWAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1946 – June 2, 1969
Service recordFrancis Russell McGowan, of Columbia, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 46
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia, Kentucky (Adair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 46
- KENNETH REX MCNEILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- GEORGE ROBERT PALERMOSergeant · June 2, 1969
- DONALD JOHN PORTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT LESLIE POXONFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 41
- SCOTT DOUGLAS BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 41
- WARREN FRED BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 42
- DUANE ROY BAUMGARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 43
- MARK STEVEN DREIERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 43
- JEFFREY LEE GELDINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 44
- DONALD JOHN PORTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- ROBERT LESLIE POXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- WILBUR ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 48
- PRESTON TAYLOR JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 48
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 49
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 49
From Columbia
- WILLIAM RIEVES CURRYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- DAVID OWEN BIGGSSergeant · June 11, 1969
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.