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FRANCIS SHERMAN OBERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1950 – March 9, 1969
Service recordFrancis Sherman Oberson, of Salem, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 93
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Salem, Virginia (Salem (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 93
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD NOHE JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK OCONNORCorporal · March 9, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN ONEILLFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 84
- RAYMOND LEWIS BETHEASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 84
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 85
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 85
- BUDDY EUGENE CHANNONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 85
- ROBERT STANLEY GREGGSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 88
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE HURLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 90
- JOSEPH HARRY MEARSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 91
- JERRY CECIL MCDONALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 92
- CLARENCE NOFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 92
- ROBERT B PROTTO JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 95
- BOBBY JOHN ROLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 95
- THOMAS GAINES TURNERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 97
- EDWARD JAMES MILLISON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 98
From Salem
- WILLIAM WINTON WEBBSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1966
- ROGER DALE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- KESTER ULREYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- DONNIE JAY BRAGGSergeant · December 15, 1969
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · July 22, 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.