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JAMES AUGUSTUS FRANCIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – August 25, 1969
Service recordJames Augustus Francis, of St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 111
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (St Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 111
- LABROSSIE LUCIEN BAKERCorporal · August 25, 1969
- BARRY BRYANT COERSWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST GAFTUNIKSergeant · August 25, 1969
From St Thomas
- CLARENCE VEREN BEVERHOUDTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID LEE BRODEURPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- LLEWELLYN ANTONIO SMITHPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- WINSTON GLENWOOD RAYMOCorporal · May 3, 1967
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- ROY ANTONIO AUBAINCorporal · January 4, 1969
- CUTBURT HURTAULTCorporal · June 14, 1969
- LISTON RAPHEAL LEONARDPrivate · February 22, 1970
- JOHN ALBION WHEATLEYCorporal · May 26, 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.