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MICHAEL JAMES FRANCIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – September 30, 1967
Service recordMichael James Francis, of Southfield, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 33
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Southfield, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 33
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- WILLIAM MARTIN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- MICHEAL EUGENE CONROYLance Corporal · September 30, 1967
- DAVID PAUL COVENYPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL WILLINGHAMStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 35
From Southfield
- DON GAYNOR BOYDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS MILLAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- DENNIS GREENWALDPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK WILLIAM MURPHYLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · August 25, 1968
- GARY RICHARD BERGPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- GLENN ROSS URQUHART JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- LEWIS MICHAEL FORMANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- EVERETT ROBERT MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · March 9, 1970
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.