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FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1946 – June 13, 1965
Service recordFrancisco Xavier Saenz, of Culver City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Culver City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 10
- MICHAEL LAYTEN WILDESWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1965
- EDGAR CLARENCE BROWNCorporal · June 13, 1965
- ROBERT DARYL GALLUPCaptain · June 16, 1965
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
From Culver City
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH MILTON BUTLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1965
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE IISergeant · January 23, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- JACK BURT GORTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
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.