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TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – January 10, 1969
Service recordTerrance Dean J Francis, of Chesterton, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 64
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Chesterton, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 64
- WILLIAM WALLACE FORDMajor · January 10, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- PETER F GERSTENLAUERAirman First Class · January 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEE WESTLIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 63
- MARTIN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 66
- STEPHEN RALPH MULLINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 66
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 67
From Chesterton
- FREDDY RAY GOREPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- WILLIAM LEEAirman · July 29, 1967
- LOREN ELWOOD LONGSpecialist Five · August 23, 1968
- WILSON FITZGERALD HALLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH TRAMPSKIStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- LARRY ALLAN RIPPESpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- MARK RANDALL TAYLORSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
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.