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JOHN VINCENT FRANCIS
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1944 – February 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Vincent Francis, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 120
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 120
- JOEL B SIMPSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- DANNY CRAIG DAVISCorporal · February 10, 1970
- BILLY FRANCIS DODDSpecialist Five · February 10, 1970
- BOBBY GENE FROSTChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 10, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH GREENSeaman · February 10, 1970
From Elmhurst
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 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.