The Wall › Panel 23W › Oregon › Max Francis Desully JR
MAX FRANCIS DESULLY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1945 – June 4, 1969
Service recordMax Francis Desully JR, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 62
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 62
- PACHECO JOSE A CALDERONSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- ANTHONY LORIN CAMPCorporal · June 4, 1969
- LEROY ROBERT CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID JAMES KOEHLERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW STEPHEN RAHILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 67
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.