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LARRY EDWARD FRANCIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 3, 1949 – April 13, 1970
Service recordLarry Edward Francis, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Maintenance Clerk (71T)
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 131
- RALPH CURTIS EMBREY IIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 13, 1970
- CARLOS HILL GARCIASergeant · April 13, 1970
- JUAN GARCIA-GARAYSergeant · April 13, 1970
- BENNY DOYCE GREENEStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1970
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.