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FRANCISCO XAVIER LICEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1946 – August 13, 1968
Service recordFrancisco Xavier Licea, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 7
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW LYONSCorporal · August 13, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM MATTESONPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MATHEW CATES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 5
- TERRY RICHARD HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 6
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 6
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 8
- EARNEST RANDALL MULLINSSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 8
- THOMAS RICHARD POLISKYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 8
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 10
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.