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SAN DEWAYNE FRANCISCO
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 29, 1944 – November 25, 1968
Service recordSan Dewayne Francisco, of Burbank, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 25, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 555 TFS 432 TRW
- Born
- February 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Burbank, Washington (Walla Walla County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 25, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “555 TFS 432 TRW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 38W, Line 57
- LAWRENCE ELLSWORTHSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGIBBONSFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1968
- LARRY GLEN HETZLERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENTRY HODGESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CASTLEMAN MORRISONColonel · Panel 38W, Line 60
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.