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JAMES LEONARD FRANCISCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1948 – February 5, 1969
Service recordJames Leonard Francisco, of Laurence Harbor, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 62
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurence Harbor, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 62
- BRUCE BRYANT BERNSTEINPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS EDMONDSCorporal · February 5, 1969
- ALVIN GORDON JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GERALD JAMES JOHNSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD HARLEY BURKHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 61
- FRED ALLEN NEUBAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 66
- CHARLES ROBERT OSTEENStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 67
- WILLIAM JACKIE PRYORCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 68
- JULIAN CABRAL RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 68
- DARYL GENE SCALFSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 69
- WILLIE SUMMERVILLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 69
From Laurence Harbor
- WALTER JAMES SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · November 8, 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.