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FRANCIS VINCENT BARON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1948 – October 21, 1968
Service recordFrancis Vincent Baron, of Foley, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Foley, Minnesota (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 9
- JAMES EDGAR WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 20, 1968
- WILLIAM PARKER BOWMANMaster Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- ARTHUR LOGAN BREWERTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM BRUCKTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
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.