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LOUIS J COFRANCESCO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – September 15, 1968
Service recordLouis J Cofrancesco JR, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 67
- ROBERT HENRY STAHLPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- ETHER ARNOLD TINKUMPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- VINCENT JOSEPH WARGO JRCorporal · September 15, 1968
- BRADLEY KEITH WATTSPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOAQUIN ROBLESCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 66
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.