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JOHN EDWARD FRANCEWAR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 9, 1942 – January 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Francewar, of Hammond, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · 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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Hammond, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 41
- DAMIAN THOMAS TOMASKOFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1969
- DAN ALLEN VANEREMLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- JOE JEFFERSON BRACKENSPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- ROBERT REINHARD CHACONPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
From Hammond
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · February 17, 1966
- CHARLES JACKSONLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- ROBERT GORDON COZART JRMajor · March 20, 1970
- EUGENE BEAN JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 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.