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FRANCISCO M ASANOMA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1946 – October 30, 1970
Service recordFrancisco M Asanoma, of Inarajan, Guam, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 30
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Inarajan, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 30
- MOSES PLACERESSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- GARY WAYNE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 30, 1970
- LESTER STANLEY VESSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD WINTERSPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1970
From Inarajan
- EDWARD CRUZ CRUZPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- JESUS QUINENE MENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- VICTOR P SANNICOLASSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
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.