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FRANCISCO GIRON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1938 – October 3, 1969
Service recordFrancisco Giron, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 34
- JAMES ROBERT WEISLERSergeant · October 2, 1969
- ANTONIO GARZAPrivate First Class · October 3, 1969
- PAUL LEROY GRAFFECaptain · October 3, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN KUHNSSergeant · October 3, 1969
- RONALD JOHN MILLERPrivate · October 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY LEE BOLESSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 33
- DAVID ALLEN KUHNSSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 34
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.