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FRANCIS WARREN CODY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – February 25, 1969
Service recordFrancis Warren Cody, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 44
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 44
- KEITH CHARLES BUCKINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BURNSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS CALANDRINOSergeant · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
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.