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FRANCIS XAVIER EGAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 11, 1946 – December 19, 1972
Service recordFrancis Xavier Egan, of Forest Hills, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 19, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Forest Hills, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 96
- ROBERT MELVIN DOWPetty Officer First Class · December 19, 1972
- CHARLIE SHERMAN POOLEChief Master Sergeant · December 19, 1972
- LARRY DEAN SCHUMACHERAirman Apprentice · December 19, 1972
- ARTHUR VINCENT MCLAUGHLIN JRChief Master Sergeant · December 20, 1972
From Forest Hills
- NORMAN STANLEY LEVYLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- DEE WAYNE STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- STEPHEN LEBITZ JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MYSKYWEIZPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ALAN STUART GELBStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- LUIS FORERO SAAVEDRAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT P MAYERWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 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.