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FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1947 – May 4, 1969
Service recordFrancisco Villanueva JR, of Mcfarland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Mcfarland, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 3
- MILTON WILLIAM REMMLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 4, 1969
- JAMES LEE URNESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- RAYMOND CONLUIS WILLISLance Corporal · May 4, 1969
- ARTHUR LEE WOODSPrivate · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 110
- RUSSELL WADE EADSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 110
- ALAN EDWARD SINGERSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
From Mcfarland
- ARNOLD GARZA GARZACorporal · March 27, 1970
- RAMON ANTONIO HERNANDEZCorporal · November 27, 1970
- NOEL BRUCE WITMERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
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.