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FRANCISCO GREGORY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1950 – April 26, 1969
Service recordFrancisco Gregory, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 52
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1950
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 52
- LEO MEYERS BRELANDSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- JAMES DAVID BURNSSergeant · April 26, 1969
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1969
- ROBERT JEROME CARTERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.