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FRANCISCO CORREA-MORALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1945 – April 23, 1966
Service recordFrancisco Correa-Morales, of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Gurabo, Puerto Rico (Gurabo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 129
- DENIS EUGENE ABBOTTPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WEIMORTSLieutenant Commander · April 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD COOKSergeant · April 23, 1966
- ROBERT RAYMOND DYCZKOWSKILieutenant Colonel · April 23, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL ISAACSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 130
From Gurabo
- CARMELO DIAZ-ROMANSergeant · April 1, 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.