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JOSEPH WILLIAM FRANCIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – April 9, 1967
Service recordJoseph William Francis JR, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 3
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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
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 3
- ALAN DOUGLAS FREDRICKSONPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · April 9, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD PAUL SCHWORERSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 15
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.