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OSCAR THOMAS FRANCIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1951 – April 24, 1970
Service recordOscar Thomas Francis, of Brunswick, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Brunswick, Georgia (Glynn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 45
- DONALD EUGENE CARPENTERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- RICHARD GEORGE GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK GINNSpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT FOWLERCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 44
- FRED DUANE LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 46
From Brunswick
- ARTHUR MITCHELL DOWNSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT RHODESLance Corporal · January 30, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LAWRENCELance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- WILLIS LEROY WOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM TYLER HANCOCKPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- DAVID WATSON BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · December 11, 1968
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
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.