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FRANCIS ZAVACKI
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1942 – November 15, 1969
Service recordFrancis Zavacki, of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 83
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 83
- TERRY LESTER ZUMALTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- MARVIN RICHARD BERHOWEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN BILESSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- PHILIPPE B FALESMajor · November 16, 1969
From Wyoming
- EDWARD ANDREW DICKSONLieutenant · February 7, 1965
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.