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JAMES CLINTON DEFRANCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1950 – February 21, 1970
Service recordJames Clinton Defranco, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 41
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- LON DOUGHERTY JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- STEVEN GILL EPPERSONFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1970
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.