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JAMES EDWARD FRANCIS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 16, 1946 – March 11, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Francis, of St Louis, Missouri, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 11, 1968, in Thailand, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 14
- JESS BURTON BOICOURT JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- BENNY CHARLES BURNSSergeant · March 11, 1968
- JAMES HENRY CALFEEMaster Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- JAMES WOODROW DAVISStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.