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JAMES PATRICK FRANCIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – May 27, 1969
Service recordJames Patrick Francis, of Napa, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 117
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 117
- MICHAEL EUGENE GERBERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- KEITH EDWARD GIBSONCorporal · May 27, 1969
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · May 27, 1969
- RAYMOND RAMIREZ GUTIERREZCorporal · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 24W, Line 115
- GARY CARL FASSELCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 116
- KEITH EDWARD GIBSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- MATTHEW T LOZANO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 2
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 3
- HAROLD JAMES WARMSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 4
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 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.