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FRANCOIS JOSEPHINE BUILAERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1934 – May 30, 1966
Service recordFrancois Josephine Builaert, of Wollaston, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 124
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1934
- Home of record
- Wollaston, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 124
- WALTER JOSEPH WETZELPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- KENNETH WILLIAM WICKELCorporal · May 29, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GARY ANDERSON HADNOTTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1966
From Wollaston
- ROBERT JOSEPH FAYCommander · October 28, 1965
- JAMES ALEXANDER STARKSergeant · January 24, 1968
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.