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JOHN FRANCIS FRANCAVILLA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1948 – April 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Francavilla, of Renton, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 1
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Renton, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 1
- RONALD LEON FRAZIERLance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM GARBER JRCorporal · April 9, 1968
- CLAUDE HEWITT GREENPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- GREGORY H WATKINSPrivate · April 9, 1968
From Renton
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · January 27, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- DUANE SCOTT BAKERCaptain · June 6, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBY WOLFPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- LEONARD MORRIS PHIPPSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES HOLTSergeant · January 18, 1969
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.